Families criticise 'appalling treatment' of Irish soldiers due to return from Middle East

130 members of the Defence Forces are, for the second time in a year, unable to return home to their families tomorrow.

Families criticise 'appalling treatment' of Irish soldiers due to return from Middle East
Wed, 03 Apr, 2019 - 18:32
Elaine Keogh

130 members of the Defence Forces are, for the second time in a year, unable to return home to their families tomorrow.

The troops are part of the UNDOF mission in the Golan Heights and were scheduled to fly out of Beirut and land in Dublin Airport at 9.40am tomorrow morning.

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