Woman fights to restore Covid payment that was stopped while she was stranded abroad

She had gone for a two-week break in March but her return flight was cancelled during the lockdown and she was not able to return to Ireland until July.

In an affidavit to the court she said when she travelled to Lithuania had she known she would not be able to get a flight back to Dublin, she would never have gone. File Photo

A Lithuanian national who has lived here for the last 18 years has brought a legal challenge after her Covid pandemic unemployment payment was stopped when she was stranded in Lithuania and could not get back to Ireland during the first lockdown.

Mother of one Vilma Cekanaviciute had gone to Lithuania for a two-week break in March this year but when the lockdown was imposed her return flight was cancelled and she was not able to return to Ireland until July.