Egypt has final say on Halawa release, says Charlie Flanagan
Ibrahim Halawa ‘unlikely to be released’ until trial process is concluded
Senator Mark Daly, Fianna Fáil, meeting with the Halawa sisters from left; Nosayba, Fatima, Omaima and Somaia Halawa at Leinster House, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times
Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan has reiterated that the final decision to release Irish teenager Ibrahim Halawa (19), who has been detained in Egypt for almost two years, will be taken by the Egyptian authorities.