Father and son allowed to challenge Covid lockdown fine

The court heard the fixed payment notice did not cite any particular regulation as having been breached

Nicolae and Florin Mazarache were travelling to Spain to visit family members on April 17, 2021, when they were stopped at the airport by a garda and later issued with the notices alleging they had "committed an offence of movement of persons" at a port or airport contrary to the 1947 Health Act (as amended). File picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

A father and son who received €2,000 fixed penalty notices for allegedly breaching Covid regulations by travelling to Dublin Airport in 2021 have been given leave to challenge the notices by the High Court.

Nicolae and Florin Mazarache were travelling to Spain to visit family members on April 17, 2021, when they were stopped at the airport by a garda and later issued with the notices alleging they had "committed an offence of movement of persons" at a port or airport contrary to the 1947 Health Act (as amended).