IT’S THAT TIME of year: when families are reunited, loved ones meet again, and new babies get cuddled by their grandparents for the first time.

Christmas is about everyone getting together, and sometimes that involves trips across the world.

Dublin Airport has been buzzing with hugs, kisses and tears as people arrive after long journeys to spend the festive season with their loved ones.

Here are photos snapped at the airport today. No, you’re crying.

The arrivals hall

Caroline McGee (left) and Eamonn McGee (right) greet Harry Cheadley and Naoise McGee arriving from New York RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

Kerry Smith (left) and her mother Monica Bellmann (right) as they greet her Grandmother Rosmarie Bellman arriving from Switzerland

Anne Bourke, there to greet her sister Mairead Bourke who arrived from Australia today.

Neil Hanratty greets his girlfriend Anita O'Brien as she arrives from New York

Iris Brennan (left) and Kirstin O'Reilly (middle) as they greet Sandra O'Reilly (right) and her 6-month-old baby Ollie Polo after they arrived from Australia

Read: Brendan O’Carroll makes sure 2,800 families will have Christmas dinner>

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