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Irish citizens depart Peru

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Irish citizens depart Peru

Rebecca Noonan
Rebecca Noonan

06:40 30 Mar 2020


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A flight carrying over 100 Irish citizens trapped in Peru left Lima last night.

The South American country closed its borders on March 16th, with a strict nationwide lockdown in place in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has been working for the past 10 days to help Irish people stuck in other countries to get home.

The British Airways plane was carrying people from Ireland, the UK and from 13 EU countries.


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