260 Irish troops return home from Liberia

Updated: 10:00, Thursday, 3 June 2004

260 Irish soldiers arrived home last night after serving on peacekeeping duties in Liberia since last December.

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1 News: Joe O'Brien, Defence Correspondent, reports on the return of the Irish troops after a six-month tour of duty
1 News: Joe O'Brien, Defence Correspondent, reports on the return of the Irish troops after a six-month tour of duty
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Morning Ireland: Joe O'Brien, Agriculture & Defence Correspondent, reports from Dublin Airport on the views of Irish troops as they return home to Ireland on their peacekeeping tour in the Western African state
Morning Ireland: Joe O'Brien, Agriculture & Defence Correspondent, reports from Dublin Airport on the views of Irish troops as they return home to Ireland on their peacekeeping tour in the Western African state

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260 Irish soldiers arrived home last night after serving on peacekeeping duties in Liberia since last December.

Another group will return home from Liberia next week.

More than 400 troops are being sent to the capital, Monrovia, to replace them.

  • Morning Ireland: Joe O'Brien, Agriculture & Defence Correspondent, reports from Dublin Airport on the views of Irish troops as they return home to Ireland on their peacekeeping tour in the Western African state

    Morning Ireland: Joe O'Brien, Agriculture & Defence Correspondent, reports from Dublin Airport on the views of Irish troops as they return home to Ireland on their peacekeeping tour in the Western African state

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