Covid-19: Dublin women charged for refusing hotel quarantine

Two Dublin women have been charged with refusing to go into hotel quarantine after arriving home from Dubai.

Kirstie McGrath, 30, of St Anthony's Road, Rialto, and Niamh Mulready, 25, of Scarlet Row, Essex Street West, were arrested at Dublin Airport on Friday.

Their solicitor said his clients were not aware of the regulations before they travelled to Dubai for breast augmentation surgery.

The women were remanded in custody with consent for bail.

They appeared at Tallaght District Court on Saturday, charged with resisting going into mandatory quarantine under the Health Act 2021.

Under the rules, people arriving into the Republic of Ireland from a list of 33 countries deemed to be of high Covid-19 risk or people who land without having recently tested negative for the virus must stay in quarantine for 14 days.