The Ireland rugby team returned home from the Rugby World Cup into Dublin Airport on Monday evening to a warm welcome from fans.
The players - including retiring captain Johnny Sexton - stopped to pose for photographs and sign autographs.
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The team left Paris on Monday afternoon after losing the quarter-final match against New Zealand 24 - 28.
Here’s a selection of the best photographs from Monday evening’s homecoming:
Ireland’s Tadhg Beirne poses with fans. Photograph: INPHO/Ben Brady Ireland’s Peter O’Mahony signs an autographs for a fan. Photograph: INPHO/Ben Brady Ireland’s Finlay Bealham signs autographs for fans. Photograph: INPHO/Ben Brady Ireland’s Robbie Henshaw poses for a selfie with a fan. Photograph: INPHO/Ben Brady Ireland’s Conor Murray poses with fans. Photograph: INPHO/Ben Brady Ireland’s Bundee Aki poses with fans. Photograph: INPHO/Ben Brady Ireland’s Andrew Porter with a young fan at Dublin Airport. Photograph: INPHO/Ben Brady Ireland’s Tadhg Beirne with fans. Photograph: INPHO/Ben Brady Ireland head coach Andy Farrell signs autographs for fans. Photograph: INPHO/Ben Brady Ireland’s Jonathan Sexton poses with an Aer Lingus pilot. Photograph: INPHO/Ben Brady Ireland’s Jonathan Sexton poses with a fan. Photograph: INPHO/Ben Brady 
