120 members of the Defence Forces are, for the second time in a year, unable to return home to their families today.
The troops are part of the UNDOF mission in the Golan Heights and were scheduled to fly out of Beirut and land in Dublin Airport at 11am this morning.
It has emerged that they will not be home as scheduled.
They have finished a six-month tour of duty and the soldiers to replace them have already arrived.
One wife, who did not want her name used, said: “Myself and the children are devastated, we have gone through a long arduous six months without him.”
“The kids were so excited about seeing their Dad in the morning and having to break the news to them was heartbreaking.
"The troops of the Irish Defence Forces are treated with utter disdain by the Irish government once again.
“I know we are in a lucky enough position living close to the airport but some families will have travelled from around the country today to be in Dublin to collect their husbands/dads/sons in the morning.”
“I’m also aware of a number of troops who have travel plans this weekend with their families.
"This is just another example today of the appalling treatment of our troops by the Taoiseach, Minister Keogh and the pen pushers in the Department of Defence,” she added.
PDFORRA confirmed they have just been made aware of an issue.
Ger Guinan said: “We are absolutely gutted for their families and we are deeply disappointed this has arisen especially as it occurred last October too.”
There was an issue last year with the delayed return of soldiers, also from Syria.
