Couple who brought newborn son from Ukraine awarded costs of High Court action
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An Irish couple who brought a High Court case over concerns that they might not be allowed to Ireland their new-born child from the Ukraine have been awarded the legal costs of their action against the State.
The action was brought by Mark Hedderman and his wife Sinead Hedderman Gallagher, who went to Ukraine earlier this month, for the birth of their son Theo Declan by surrogacy.
Their action centred over a requirement for arrivals from Ukraine to Ireland to enter into mandatory hotel quarantine, a measure designed to counter the Covid-19 pandemic, for up to 14 days.
Couple who brought baby from Ukraine get legal costs for hotel quarantine case Irish parents had travelled abroad for birth of their son by surrogacy
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The family feared anyone travelling from a designated country such as Ukraine to Ireland would not be allowed board their flight unless they had pre-booked a hotel, the court heard.
An Irish couple who brought a High Court case over concerns that they might not be allowed to return to Ireland with their newborn child from the Ukraine have secured the legal costs of their action against the State.
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High Court judge says he’s satisfied effort made to ensure couple able to return from Ukraine to Ireland with newborn
Aodhan O Faolain
Updated: 16 Apr 2021, 23:07
A HIGH Court judge has said he is satisfied that the State has made effort it can to ensure that an Irish couple is able to return to Ireland their newborn child from the Ukraine.
Mr Brian O’Moore noted that the State is working on new regulations that will allow the family board flights from Ukraine, via Frankfurt to Dublin early tomorrow morning, and that on their arrival they won t have to enter mandatory hotel quarantine.
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The Dublin Airport Crowne Plaza hotel, one of the mandatory quarantine hotels. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin
A High Court judge has said he is satisfied that the State has made every effort it could to ensure that an Irish couple are able to return to Ireland from Ukraine with their newborn child.
Judge Brian O’Moore noted that the State is working on new regulations that will allow the family board a flight from Ukraine and then fly via Frankfurt to Dublin early on Saturday morning without having to enter mandatory hotel quarantine on arrival.