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Sun 03 Mar 2009Grand Slam winners return to heroes' welcome
Ireland's historic Grand Slam winning team arrived back in Dublin airport in the last few hours to an ecstatic - and at times emotional - welcome from a crowd of about 3,000 fans and well-wishers.
News the team's Aer Arann flight from Cardiff had landed shortly after 2pm was followed by a cheer that started somewhere in the baggage hall and echoed down the corridors to the arrivals area, rising to screaming pitch as Brian O'Driscoll was first to march smartly through the arrivals doors.
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