The 21-year-old announced the news on Facebook.

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The Government jet will not now be scrambled to bring Ibrahim Halawa home, as had previously been suggested.

Ibrahim Halawa had four years to dream up his post-release wishlist but he had just two simple requests for his family after he was finally freed from prison.

Latest: Ibrahim Halawa has described his joy at being a free man.

Ibrahim Halawa has been released from prison.

The Government has said it shares the frustration over the delays in the release of Ibrahim Halawa from prison in Egypt.

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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's solicitor says there is no reason he cannot be home in Ireland by next week.

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Ministers and diplomats are working to get Ibrahim Halawa home “as soon as possible” after his four-year ordeal in an Egyptian prison came to an end when a Cairo court acquitted him of all the charges against him.

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

A verdict is expected today in the trial of Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa.

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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.

Ibrahim Halawa's family say they feel left in limbo and see no end in sight after a verdict in his trial was postponed.

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.

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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.

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has said that he will insist on Egypt honouring an agreement to allow Ibrahim Halawa return to Ireland whether or not he is found guilty following his trial in Cairo.

Family, friends and supporters of Ibrahim Halawa are today marking the fourth anniversary of his imprisonment in Egypt.

There are calls for the Government to outline a plan to bring Ibrahim Halawa home.

Lawyers for Ibrahim Halawa have finally had the chance to present a defence at his trial - almost four years after he was detained in Cairo.

The trial of Dubliner Ibrahim Halawa has been adjourned until theAugust 1.

IMAGINE being a young holidaymaker arriving from abroad to spend a couple of months with people you met as an au pair two years ago.

IF our membership of the European Union is to mean anything beyond free trade, cheaper flights, and enhanced consumer rights, perhaps it is time for the Irish government to seek a collective bloc response to the continued incarceration of Ibrahim Halawa, whose trial in Cairo has been postponed for the 27th time.

Catch up on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com this morning.

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

Amnesty International says it is disgraceful that Ibrahim Halawa continues to be detained in jail in Egypt.

An opposition Independent TD whose ongoing support is crucial to Leo Varadkar becoming taoiseach next week has said he has an "open mind" to potentially being offered a junior or full ministerial role in return for his help, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith of the Irish Examiner.

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Two sisters of Ibrahim Halawa, an Irish citizen who has been detained in Egpyt without trial for almost four years now, are suing the Minister for Justice over a delay of more than 18 months in deciding applications to have their husbands join them here.

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 trial of Ibrahim Halawa has been adjourned for the 20th time.

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