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.

The family of Irishman Ibrahim Halawa who has spent the last four years in jail in Egypt are preparing to sue over delayed verdicts in the trial.

ANY faith Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa and his family might have had in Egypt’s justice system has surely disappeared over the four years he has been held in custody.

Latest: The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has told Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi that he is disappointed at the delay in Ibrahim Halawa's verdict.

The Taoiseach intends to ask the Egyptian President to allow Ibrahim Halawa to return to Ireland following his trial on Monday.

The verdict in Ibrahim Halawa's trial in Egypt is expected next Monday.

There is a warning that taking legal action against Eygpt over its treatment of Ibrahim Halawa could hurt his chances of being released.

Ibrahim Halawa's trial has been adjourned for the 24th time today.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has written a letter to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi pleading for the release of a jailed Irishman on humanitarian grounds.

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.

The family of Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa, who has been imprisoned in Egypt without trial since 2013, has said he is dying.

The trial of Irish man Ibrahim Halawa in Egypt has been postponed for the 18th time.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

A cross-party delegation of Irish politicians is to personally ask Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to free jailed Irishman Ibrahim Halawa.

Attempts to build millions of euro worth of trade deals between Ireland and Egypt could be blocked unless the Ibrahim Halawa case is “satisfactorily” resolved.

Attempts to build millions of euro worth of business deals between Ireland and Egypt could be blocked unless the Ibrahim Halawa case is "satisfactorily" resolved, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith of the Irish Examiner.

A cross party delegation of Irish politicians will travel to Egypt on Monday to visit jailed Irishman Ibrahim Halawa.

The Egyptian ambassador has declined an invitation to appear before an Oireachtas committee and discuss the ongoing detention of Irish teenager Ibrahim Halawa in a Cairo jail.

The Government may take the concerns surrounding the ongoing imprisonment of Irishman Ibrahim Halawa to a European level, in the absence of movement from the Egyptian government.

Social Protection Minister Leo Varadkar has hit out at US presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s comments in the wake of the Orlando massacre, describing them as “crass” and “tasteless”.

A 20-year-old Irish man jailed in Egypt for the last 1,000 days, as he awaits trial and a potential death penalty, has said his incarceration has felt like 1,000 years.

The trial in Egypt of Dubliner Ibrahim Halawa has been adjourned for the 13th time.

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.

Irishman Ibrahim Halawa, from Tallaght, Co Dublin, yesterday spent his 20th birthday in prison in Cairo.

Eygpt’s ambassador to Ireland snubbed efforts by an Oireachtas committee to attend yesterday’s scheduled court hearing in Cairo of the mass trial involving Irish teenager Ibrahim Halawa.

Teenager Ibrahim Halawa is in “reasonable spirits”, according to a TD who visited him in his Egyptian jail.

Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan has refused to say whether he believes Irish prisoner Ibrahim Halawa’s claims that he has been tortured in an Egyptian jail.

Amnesty International has said another postponement in the trial of an Irishman in Egypt is proof the north African country’s criminal justice system is spiralling out of control.

Irish oppositions politicians have called on the Government to secure the release of an Irish citizen, Ibrahim Halawa, who is awaiting trial in Cairo. While visiting family there, Halawa became involved in anti-government demonstrations.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has come under opposition fire for not doing enough to help free Irish teenager Ibrahim Halawa from an Egyptian jail where he has now started a hunger strike.

I have known the Halawa family for a number of years. Ibrahim, who is in prison in Cairo (he was arrested for participating in a protest there in August, 2013) is an excellent young man.

The Halawa family have consistently maintained Ibrahim Halawa, currently held in an Egyptian prison, is an “innocent Irishman”.

Victoria While (Irish Examiner, April 2) believes Ibrahim Halawa to be an “innocent” Irishman. Halawa, while visiting relations in Cairo, allegedly took part in anti-government demonstrations.

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.

The sister of Ibrahim Halawa, the Irish teenager held in an Egyptian jail, has said she has renewed hope that her brother will be freed after the sudden release of another foreign citizen who was his cellmate.

Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan is demanding that the EU high representative for foreign affairs Federica Mogherini meet with her to discuss the case of the Irish teenager Ibrahim Halawa.