Irish Defence Force Soldiers return from two week delay in the Golan Heights

Members of the Irish Defence forces have returned to Dublin airport this morning after a two week delay in the Golan Heights.

Around 120 members - some of those from James' Stephens Barracks in Kilkenny - had to stay in the Middle East due to a bureaucratic error.

The error is understood to have prevented the troops crossing a frontier to start their journey back to Ireland from Syria.

However the soldiers - many of whom are from the South East - have landed in Dublin this morning.

And they’re back! pic.twitter.com/ruWJWXfvLn

— Juliette Gash (@JulietteGash) October 16, 2018