‘So happy to be home’: Passengers of second plane from Dubai return to Ireland

Nora Cummins and her mother Colette Cummins (right) arrive at Dublin Airport on a flight from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

There were celebrations and relief for a second night in a row at Dublin Airport with the arrival of the first planes from Dubai since conflict broke out in the Middle East.

People who had been working in the United Arab Emirates for several years as well as holidaymakers were among the hundreds who landed home on Thursday evening.