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This dad's gone viral after getting plane tickets to see his dying mother for Christmas

*weeping emoji*

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THINK YOU’VE USED up all of your quota of Christmas feels?

Think again.

Twitter user @RichHomie_Twan3 writes:

My dad hasn’t seen his mom in 8 years and she doesn’t have much time left so we got him plane tickets to go see her.

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Written by Emer McLysaght and posted on DailyEdge.ie

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    Mute Beano
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    Dec 26th 2015, 1:51 PM

    Jesus, is anything sacred anymore. Why on earth would a person (a) record this and (b) post it on social media?

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    Mute Codology
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    Dec 26th 2015, 2:34 PM

    It also annoys me every time there’s a tragedy and they ring up a local councillor or priest looking for a statement. Not to mention journalists racing to doorstep a grieving family for a comment and a photo of the deceased to publish, but they won’t doorstep someone like Martin Callinan looking for answers in the public interest.

    Any wonder the media in this country is unfit for purpose?

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    Mute lavbeer
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    Dec 26th 2015, 2:55 PM

    Or Noonan and the Anglo/ IW money

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    Mute Maggie
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    Dec 26th 2015, 3:34 PM

    Isn’t it usually to collect money ?

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    Mute John Jones
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    Dec 26th 2015, 4:38 PM

    People are so shallow these days. A deeply personal moment that they recorded and put online. So fooking shallow…

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    Mute Cormac Harte
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    Dec 26th 2015, 1:56 PM

    8 years ? Slack enough

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    Mute Margaret Noonan
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    Dec 26th 2015, 1:59 PM

    Able to use the empathy region of what passes for your brain? Slack enough!

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    Mute Al Ca
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    Dec 26th 2015, 2:54 PM

    I don’t know Margaret…..eight years is a long time. What if she wasn’t going to die for another four…..would twelve make for a better headline.

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    Mute paddy Jennings
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    Dec 26th 2015, 2:00 PM

    I agree beano nothing is sacred anymore with social media.its great on one hand people who are a world apart from each other it’s easy to contact via Skype or facebook. But posting personal moments like that is stupid his family should have been by his side to comfort him instead of having a camera lodged in his face.

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    Mute Barry Davidson
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    Dec 26th 2015, 1:56 PM

    Neither mountains nor oceans would stop me from seeing my dying mother.

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    Mute Peter
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    Dec 26th 2015, 2:54 PM

    He should have been helped by his family whether it’s Christmas or not.

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    Mute The Green Monkey
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    Dec 26th 2015, 2:01 PM

    I had the same reaction when I found out someone had eaten all the purple Roses………

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    Mute Isaac Leibowitz
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    Dec 26th 2015, 1:53 PM

    Jesus help us all.

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    Mute KerryBlueMike
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    Dec 26th 2015, 1:50 PM

    Great story, Christmas is Christmas and brings out the best in all who believe in it.

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    Mute Kane Abel
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    Dec 26th 2015, 5:18 PM

    Ha? Poor Woman…. Why didn’t he bother to travel home at some stage himself? I’d change the locks if he was mine….

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    Mute Ken Pepper
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    Dec 26th 2015, 6:48 PM

    Next…
    ” man who hadn’t had a dump in 3 weeks weeps with joy after 2 kilos of sprouts on Christmas Day ” did the trick”
    Click now to see this moving video….”

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    Mute Mucky Pup
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    Dec 26th 2015, 1:50 PM

    Sad but beautiful.

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    Mute Paul Clarke
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    Dec 26th 2015, 1:57 PM

    …and none of our business

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    Mute Mucky Pup
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    Dec 26th 2015, 3:08 PM

    I agree. But how many of us still watched it?

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    Mute family guy
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    Dec 26th 2015, 3:13 PM

    Paul a agree 100%. Why do people keep sharing these very private moments?

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    Mute Maire Ui Riain
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    Dec 26th 2015, 10:10 PM

    I didn’t watch….the furniture said it all…..tickets……

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    Mute Maire Ui Riain
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    Dec 27th 2015, 10:32 PM

    Tickets my hole

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    Mute lavbeer
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    Dec 26th 2015, 2:54 PM

    What did he see from second 14 to 17 where the crying started? A picture? A travel ticket of some sort?

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    Mute Hugh G. Johnson
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    Dec 26th 2015, 6:16 PM

    He seen his future.

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    Mute Andrew Farrell
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    Dec 26th 2015, 1:58 PM

    Hits me right in the feels

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