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.

A new law ratified by Egypt's president that imposes harsh restrictions on non-governmental organisations could be a "death sentence" for human rights groups in the country, Amnesty International has warned.

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

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

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.

An Egyptian court has struck out a life sentence and ordered the retrial of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi on charges of conspiring with foreign militant groups, including the Palestinian Hamas.

An Egyptian court has struck down a death sentence passed by a lower tribunal against an ousted former president for his part in a mass prison break during the 2011 uprising.

Supporters of Ibrahim Halawa, the young Irishman detained in an Egyptian prison for more than three years, have received mixed messages from the Irish Government about efforts to free him, after his trial was postponed for the 16th time.

Supporters of Ibrahim Halawa, the Dublin teenager jailed while awaiting trial in Egypt, say lawyers have warned that time is running out to secure his release.

Egyptian security forces killed 12 Mexicans and Egyptians and injured 10 “by accident”, mistaking a tourist convoy for militants they were chasing in the country’s western desert, the ministry of interior said.

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.

Al-Jazeera English reporter Peter Greste has left Egypt after the president approved his deportation following more than a year behind bars in a case that was widely condemned by rights groups.

Al-Jazeera English reporter Peter Greste has left Egypt after the president approved his deportation following more than a year behind bars in a case that was widely condemned by rights groups.

Amnesty International says Ibrahim Halawa is innocent of all charges and is calling for his immediate release from an Egyptian prison.

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.

The right of people to choose their own governments is running into trouble. The unrest sweeping many nations shows democracy being overwhelmed by despotism and despair, writes Nicholas Wapshott

The Egyptian general who ousted his country’s first freely elected leader declared his candidacy yesterday for a presidential election he is expected to win easily.

Egypt’s army says it is crushing Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula, but in the region’s villages and towns a victory for the state feels a long way off.

Egypt will hold a presidential vote before parliamentary polls, president Adly Mansour said yesterday, in a change to a political roadmap that could pave the way for the swift election of army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

A suicide car bomber struck Cairo police headquarters, in the first of four blasts in Egypt’s capital that killed six people on the eve of the anniversary of the 2011 uprising.

I AM conscious of the rush to action in Syria. I served in the FCA in the 1980s. It was brief and a debacle. I loathed firing guns. Our Lee-Enfield rifles kicked like mules. Embarrassingly, I was unable to ever hit my targets. No matter how wide or near the target, I could never perforate it with a bullet. Thankfully, I never hit anything by accident, either.

Egypt’s former autocrat Hosni Mubarak was flown from jail yesterday in a symbolic victory for an army-dominated old order that has overthrown and imprisoned his freely elected Islamist successor.

An international human rights group has chronicled attacks on 42 churches, dozens of Christian institutions and schools as well as homes and business owned by Christians in Egypt amid an intimidation campaign believed to be waged by supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.

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.

AUSTRIA: As the campaign for Austria’s general election enters its gruelling final phase, two high-profile contenders have gone beyond rolling up their shirt sleeves — they have taken off their shirts.

EU Foreign Ministers will meet in Brussels today to discuss the ongoing crisis in Egypt.

Egypt’s army-backed authorities detained the Muslim Brotherhood’s leader yesterday, signalling their determination to crush the group and silence protests against the ousting of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.

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.

Several dozen protestors have gathered outside the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin calling for the release of four Irish citizens.

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.

THAT Egypt has a new strongman is no longer in doubt.

Some 38 Muslim Brotherhood supporters died in disputed circumstances at a prison yesterday, as the leader of Egypt’s powerful army warned he would not tolerate violence, urging Islamists to change course.

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.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has said it has made contact with a group of Irish people trapped inside a Mosque in Cairo.

Islamist protests descended into a bloodbath across Egypt yesterday, with around 60 killed in Cairo alone on a “Day of Rage” called by followers of ousted president Mohamed Morsi to denounce a crackdown by the army-backed government.

Ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi has been detained over alleged contacts with Hamas to help in his escape from prison in 2011, the country’s official news agency reported today.