Ibrahim Halawa's family has said they still do not know when he is coming home.

Incarcerated in Egypt for four years and unsure of whether he’d ever get to return to his native

The Government is considering using the government jet to bring home Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa from Egypt when he is released from jail.

IBRAHIM Halawa is an Irish citizen who has spent four years in an Egyptian jail, though he was not convicted of anything.

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The Government is sending a health expert to check on the condition of 21-year-old Irishman Ibrahim Halawa who has been in jail without trial in Egypt for more than three years.

A scheme to relocate flood-hit homeowners may be widened after disagreement at Cabinet over who is eligible to apply for the special fund.

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On the eve of the trial of Irish-born Ibrahim Halawa, the European Parliament threw its weight behind the Government to save him from, potentially, the death penalty.

Today marks two years since Ibrahim Halawa, an Irish teenager, was jailed in Egypt after he was caught up in a political protest. For two years, he has been due to stand trial for his alleged role in the violence that erupted during the protest. If convicted, he could face the death penalty. The details of Ibrahim’s detention and alleged torture are harrowing but, if he is indeed innocent, it wouldn’t be the first time someone has fallen foul of a justice system, writes Kelly O’Brien.

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ENDA KENNY must pick up and phone and demand the release of Ibrahim Halawa. Call the release “extradition” if it makes it easier. Extradition to Ibrahim’s own country, which is Ireland.

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Amnesty International Ireland is calling for the immediate release of a Dublin teenager being held in an Egyptian prison following his arrest over a year ago.

The sister of an Irish teenager facing trial in Egypt today wants the Government here to call for his release.

A British man who admits his role in a plot to use explosives hidden in shoes to blow up planes in 2001 today testified by video at the US trial of Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law.

A castaway who says he survived 13 months adrift in the Pacific said he thought about suicide but was sustained by dreams of eating his favourite food — tortillas — and reuniting with his family.

Three Irish sisters held without trial in an Egyptian prison for more than three months have called for the release of their brother.

Members of the Halawa family say they are hopeful a decision will be announced today as to whether their 17-year-old brother Ibrahim will be released from prison in Egypt.

The sister of Ibrahim Halawa - who has been detained with three of his siblings in Egypt for almost three months - says he may be kept in custody for another 45 days.

The three Halawa sisters - who had been detained in Egypt for almost three months - have now been released.

Three of the four Irish siblings who have been in detention in Egypt for almost three months have been released.

Two decades after Serb soldiers carried out house-to-house searches in a campaign of ethnic killings in Bosnia, forensic scientists are digging up what could turn out to be the largest mass grave from the 1992-95 war.

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has said he is increasingly concerned about the plight of four Irish siblings being held without trial in Egypt.

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has said he is increasingly concerned about the plight of four Irish siblings being held without trial in Egypt.

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Four Irish siblings detained by Egyptian authorities could face an agonising three-day wait to learn their fate.

Members of the Halawa family here and Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore were last night awaiting developments over reports in Cairo that the four Irish people who have been detained by Egyptian authorities may face criminal charges.

The Irish-Egyptian siblings being held in Egypt may have been on the security forces’ watch list after they addressed hundreds of thousands of protesters several weeks ago.

Four Irish siblings detained by Egyptian authorities amid the outbreak of violence have not been charged with any offences, Ireland’s junior foreign minister said.

Meanwhile, Irish diplomats have yet to locate the four Irish siblings who were detained after security forces stormed a mosque in Cairo at the weekend.

Diplomatic efforts were continuing last night in a bid to ensure the safety of four Irish-Egyptian siblings who were among protestors arrested in Cairo at the weekend.

The family of four Irish siblings detained by Egyptian authorities are “hoping and praying” they will return home within days.

The Irish-Egyptian siblings being held in a Cairo prison will be taken to a prosecutors’ office in Cairo at 2pm today, with a representative from the Irish Embassy in Egypt.

A 17-year-old Irish boy caught up in violence in Cairo and detained by the Egyptian authorities might have been “beaten to hell”, his sister has claimed.

An Irish citizen caught up in the violence in Egypt told family here she was being beaten by security forces as she and her three siblings were removed from a mosque where they had taken refuge from fighting in the street.

Four Irish siblings caught up in the violence in Cairo are being held by Egyptian authorities, their family said.