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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Tim Hanlon

Moment elderly brothers enjoy warm hug after being reunited after 40 years apart

Two elderly brothers who had not seen each other for more than 40 years after one emigrated to Australia were seen warmly hugging each other at Dublin Airport.

In heart warming footage, Willie, 90, could be seen being wheeled through arrivals at the airport and then getting out of his wheelchair to embrace his brother Tony.

Willie had set off on a six-week boat journey to Australia in search of work in 1959 and decided to stay there where he went on to start a family.

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