Father and son refused further appeal over covid movement fines

During the pandemic, a fixed payment of €2,000 was applied and if not paid within 28 days they would have to go before the district court where, if convicted, they could have faced a fine of up to €4,000 and/or one month's imprisonment, or both

Nicolae and Florin Mazarache were stopped at Dublin 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 have been refused a further appeal over their failed challenge to €2,000 fixed penalty notices they received for allegedly breaching covid regulations by travelling to Dublin Airport in 2021.

The Supreme Court refused to allow a further appeal to Nicolae and Florin Mazarache, of Lealand Meadows, Clondalkin, Dublin, who were issued with the fixed penalty when they were travelling to Spain to visit family members on April 17, 2021.