Deirdre Mackesy admitted she had no evidence her remedy worked, but said it “should help your immune system”

The medicines regulator has intervened for a second time to instruct a woman to remove a Facebook advert promoting homeopathic remedies that she claims could help to protect against Covid-19.

The HSE reiterated that the public should only get its information on the coronavirus from reputable sources.

Deirdre Mackesy, a homeopath, was ordered by the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) last month to take down a Facebook post which advertised a remedy claimed to protect against the virus by boosting a person’s immune system.

Another Facebook ad by Ms Mackesy, via her Robin Hill Clinic, has since appeared, stating: “Conventional medicine can only offer supportive measures in this present pandemic. Homeopathy can offer preventative alternatives.”

The advert links to an article which makes claims that