Dublin Airport’s short-haul network is also expanding, with 11 new summer services to destinations in Italy, France, Sardinia, Israel, Cairo and others also announced also a long-haul daily service to San Francisco.

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Galway has been given a major tourism boost ahead of its stint as European Capital of Culture as it beat the likes of Dubai and Vancouver to be named as a must-visit city next year by travel bible Lonely Planet.

An Irish diving enthusiast has died while out in Egypt after suddenly becoming unwell.

The New York Times has revealed that it sought intervention from the Irish government to prevent the expected arrest of a journalist in Egypt.

Quarter of a century ago, 179 governments pledged to provide information to help young people make ‘responsible’ decisions about sex and sexuality. It is time to implement that pledge, by giving teens the information and safe spaces they need, writes Jayathma Wickramanayake.

A 105-year-old Australian newspaper, containing a feature about a young soldier from Limerick killed in action during the First World War, has been donated to the Glucksman Library archive collection.

Everton's Idrissa Gueye fired Senegal into the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations by sealing a 1-0 win over 10-man Benin.

Riyad Mahrez scored a wonderful goal as Algeria underlined their status as one of the favourites for the Africa Cup of Nations with a 3-0 win over Guinea which booked their place in the quarter-finals.

Youcef Belaili fired Algeria into the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations with the only goal of a bad-tempered 1-0 victory over Senegal in Cairo.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi did not die of natural causes but that he was killed.

When Tomás Mac an tSaoir came through the arrival gates of Dublin airport yesterday, his only visible signs of injury were some small plasters on his feet.

Note to parents: allowing your child to eat an entire tube of Pringles before setting sail in ‘rough swells’ is never going to end well.

The cost of transporting the Taoiseach and other ministers around the globe on the Government jet reached almost €1m last year at an average cost of over €18,600 per trip.

Egypt's Prime Minister has promised harsh punishement when responsibility is determined.

A self-styled adventure junkie will have to avoid bandits and lions and endure searing desert heat on an epic 12,000km solo bike tour through Africa.

Two Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire and another 60 injured at a protest along the Gaza border amid Egyptian efforts to broker a ceasefire, Gaza's Health Ministry said.

Polls opened today in Egypt's presidential election with the outcome, a second term for President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, a foregone conclusion.

Egyptian courts have jailed two singers for seemingly tame behaviour deemed threatening to society in a country growing increasingly repressive on all fronts.

Archaeologists in Egypt say they have discovered a 4,400-year-old tomb near the pyramids outside Cairo.

At least 10 people, including eight Coptic Christians, have been killed in a shooting outside a church, Egypt's Health Ministry says.

A gunman has opened fire near a Coptic church outside Cairo in Egypt, state-run newspaper reports.

Arab foreign ministers have demanded that the United States rescind Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, calling it a "grave" development that puts Washington on the same side as "occupation" and the violation of international law.

Amnesty International has condemned an Egyptian court's sentencing of 16 men to three years in prison on "debauchery" charges and urged authorities to overturn the ruling.

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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.

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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.

Rival Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah have reached a preliminary, partial agreement that could pave the way for President Mahmoud Abbas to resume governing the Gaza Strip a decade after Hamas overran the territory, officials said.

The leader of Hamas has said his group has reached an agreement with the rival Fatah party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after Egyptian-brokered talks about the terms of control of the Gaza Strip.

Egyptian authorities are stepping up a crackdown on people suspected of homosexuality, arresting a total of 27 over a little more than a week.

Seven people were arrested and accused of being gay and promoting homosexuality in Egypt even though there is no law banning the practices.

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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.

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.

Islamic State militants have ambushed a police convoy in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing 18 police and wounding seven others.

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.