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Even the hardest of hearts melted in Dublin Airport as 31 young children with special needs arrived on Sunday from their orphanage in Belarus to spend Christmas with their “Irish families”.

Little faces lit up as they were greeted in a packed arrivals hall with carols, hugs and a few tears after flights from Minsk and Frankfurt for their 2½-week holiday.

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