Father and son challenge €2k Covid fines for leaving country

Nicolae Mazarache, who does not speak good English, believed the gardaí were just asking his name, and understood that there would not be a fine.

While in the airport they were stopped by gardaí who said that if they travelled they would be fined for breaching regulations brought in as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic. File photo: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

A father and son have brought High Court challenges against €2,000 fines imposed on each of them for leaving the country earlier this year.

The actions have been brought by Nicolae Mazarache and his son Florin Mazarache who were fined after they took a flight from Dublin to Spain to visit family members on April 17 last.