Dubai pair accused of breaking Covid quarantine requirements bid to halt prosecutions

Counsel said that his clients' cases had resulted in the applicants being the subject of "a lot of adverse comments on social media".

Niamh Mulreany and Kirstie McGrath (pictured) had that they could not afford the cost of the hotel stay which was estimated at over €1800 each, and because they needed to get back to their children. File picture: Paddy Cummins

Two Dublin women who were arrested by gardaí after they refused to quarantine at a hotel when they returned to Ireland following a holiday in Dubai in 2021 have argued before the High Court that they should not be prosecuted for alleged breaches of Covid-19 rules.

The actions have been brought by Niamh Mulreany (26) and Kirstie McGrath (31) who were arrested at Dublin Airport on Good Friday, April 2, 2021, on their return from the United Arab Emirates, where they originally intended to have cosmetic surgery.