Their flight is due shortly after 6pm
Andrew Cotter from Mitchelstown and Marie Barry from Conna were forced into lockdown in a hostel in the city of Cuscu two days after arriving into the country after authorities imposed strict measures to slow the spread of Covid-19 in the country.
The couple spent 23 hours on a bus to get to the capital Lima and left Peru last night on a flight organised by the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Speaking to RedFM News from London's Heathrow Airport, Andrew Cotter from Mitchelstown says their biggest worry was being trapped in the country:
