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26 Nov 2025

PICTURES: Tipperary grandmother overjoyed to be reunited with peacekeeper grandson

Dublin Airport was full of happy tears this week as families of Irish peacekeepers waited for their arrival home.

PICTURES: Tipperary grandmother overjoyed to be reunited with peacekeeper grandson

Chrissie Renehan greets her grandson, Jack Renehan, at Dublin Airport, photo by Conor O Mearain/PA Wire.

Chrissie Renehan greets her grandson, Jack Renehan, at Dublin Airport, photo by 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.

More than 300 Irish troops have spent the last six months serving with the UN in southern Lebanon during a tense period for the Middle East.

Among them were Tipperary man Jack Renehan, who returned home this week after a six-month deployment to south Lebanon as part of the United Nations Interim Force Lebanon (Unifil).

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A photographer captured the happy moment Jack's grandmother, Chrissie Renehan who hails from Cappawhite, reacted to her grandson's arrival in Dublin Airport. 

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