A military dad returning home to Ireland was greeted with excitement by his daughter but his young son was to overcome with emotion to move.
Soldier Ian Gavagan was one of 100 members of the Casement Aerodrome military base arriving in Dublin after spending six months in the Golan Heights, a region in the Levant.
Video shows the emotional scenes of Mr Gavagan being greeted by family, who run up to him screaming, bursting with enthusiasm for the long-anticipated reunion.
But Mr Gavagan’s son, Sean, is not found amidst the hugging and kissing of his Dad’s arrival – he’s stopped in the middle of the walk, head down and in tears at the first sight of his father.
The adorable scene starts with Mr Gavagan’s daughter screaming ‘Daddy!’ and rushing over to greet her father.
There’s hugs and kisses until the reunited family realises that little Sean is nowhere to be found in the warm embrace.
Looking back, the family sees Sean where they left him before running – he’s in tears after getting a first glance at his returning dad.
A man, assumed to be a colleague of Mr Gavagan, walks over to Sean, bending down to see if he’s alright and eventually leads him over to greet his father.
Ian Gavagan’s family, pictured, prepares to meet him arrive home after a 6month tour in he Golan Heights, a region in the Levant
His family embrace Ian Gavagan in a big hug, pictured, as he arrives in Dublin after a 6month tour in he Golan Heights, a region in the Levant
But little Sean doesn’t join in the hug, to overcome with emotion at the first site of his dad, pictured
A man walks over to Sean, pictured, and tries to comfort him after he is overcome with emotion at seeing his dad for the first time in 6months
Sean has his hands to his face to cover the tears that came after seeing his dad in the first time in 6months, pictured
The man convinces little Sean to stop crying and go and see his dad, who has just returned form a tour in the Golan Heights, a region in the Levant