'Young Offenders' actor among families to welcome home naval crew

Thunderous applause rang out for the nearly 60 men and women as they returned from their mission in the Mediterranean as part of the EU's Operation Irini.

Actor Chris Walley, star of 'The Young Offenders', welcomes brother Tim Walley home to Haulbowline. The marine engineer was part of the crew of the LÉ William Butler Yeats that returned from a six-week deployment in the Mediterranean.

There’s nothing quite like a homecoming, and in the case of the LÉ William Butler Yeats, there was a little star power to add to the occasion. 

For the young children nervously bobbing up and down in anticipation of seeing their brave loved ones as the Irish naval ship returned to base in Haulbowline, the six weeks at sea must have felt like a lifetime.