High court rules fully-vaccinated woman's detention in hotel quarantine is lawful

The Health Minister signed orders yesterday to allow anyone who's been fully vaccinated and families travelling with newborn babies to spend their quarantine period at home

After a two-day hearing, Mr Justice Brian Moore's found the emergency provisions of the Health Act challenged by Charlene Heyns are constitutional. 

Liam Herrick, Executive Director of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, says without a better quarantine appeals system, more lawsuits are inevitable. 

"This legislation was introduced in a very short space of time. And already we're seeing the original version didn't allow enough flexibility, what we would be concerned about is that there still doesn't seem to be in place. An effective appeal system in Australia, a senior lawyer reviews each case within one day. If we don't have that type of robust appeal system, we may still see many cases going to the High Court."