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Irish Times: Families welcome children from home in Chernobyl region

By Irish Times.

Published Dec. 20, 2015 at 7:30 pm

A man sets candles in front of portraits at the monument to Chernobyl victims in Slavutich, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the accident site, and where many of the power station's personnel used to live, during a memorial ceremony early on April 26.

Photo by AFP

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.