Tears of joy and singing greet Irish peacekeepers returning from Lebanon

Connie O'Mahony with his children, Faye and Jacob Fitzgerald, as he arrives home at Dublin Airport as Irish troops return from a six-month deployment to south Lebanon as part of the United Nations Interim Force Lebanon (Unifil). Picture date: Tuesday November 25, 2025. PA Photo. Picture: Conor O Mearain/PA Wire

There was pride, tears of joy and singing as Irish peacekeepers were embraced by their families after six months on a UN mission to southern Lebanon.

The soldiers’ children, partners and grandparents waved handmade signs and UN and Irish flags in the arrivals hall at Terminal 1 of Dublin Airport as they waited for their loved ones to appear.