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384 passengers arrived home from Dubai last night

There were tears of emotion as 384 passengers arrived home from Dubai last night.  Emirates Fli...

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08.00 5 Mar 2026


384 passengers arrived home from Dubai last night


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There were tears of emotion as 384 passengers arrived home from Dubai last night.  Emirates Flight EK 163 touched down at Dublin Airport at 10.45pm, and our reporter Henry McKean spoke to some of the passengers about what they experienced.

But what happens next for the thousands of other Irish citizens still stranded in the region? Anton asked Neale Richmond, Minister of State with responsibility for International Development and Diaspora and Fine Gael TD for Dublin Rathdown.


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