Imran Ali challenges Covid travel fine in High Court

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Imran Ali sought High Court permission on 28 June 2021 to challenge a €2,000 fine for travelling during Covid-19 restrictions.

He said he had travelled from Dublin Airport to Portugal to help his wife and two sons renew their permission to remain there. The notice concerned an alleged offence at Dublin Airport on 19 April 2021.

Mr Ali argued that the rules were unclear and unlawfully restricted his travel and family rights. The judge directed the Minister for Health and the State to respond, ordered exchanges of affidavits and stayed a summons application until the matter returned to court in October.

This case may have concluded differently. The outcome has not yet been confirmed by a public source we could find.