Damien Cole
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Taoiseach to intervene if Halawa’s release ‘delayed unreasonably’
- Oireachtas
- September 22, 2017, 17:27
The Taoiseach and Minister for Foreign Affairs will intervene directly if there is “any sense of unreasonable delay” in the release of Ibrahim Halawa (...)

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has been assured by the Egyptian president the case of Ibrahim Halawa will be resolved swiftly once the verdict is known. Mr V(...)

Ibrahim Halawa trial in Egypt adjourned again
- Crime & Law
- May 17, 2017, 10:28
The trial of Ibrahim Halawa, the 21-year old from Firhouse, Dublin, who has been held in jail for four years in Egypt, was again adjourned when it cam(...)

Ireland has ‘a clear sense’ Halawa trial is underway
- Crime & Law
- April 5, 2017, 17:58
There is now “a clear sense” the trial of Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa is underway in Egypt, Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan has said. (...)

Medical exam of Ibrahim Halawa ordered as trial adjourned again
- Crime & Law
- March 22, 2017, 16:41
Judges at the trial of Ibrahim Halawa have ordered a further medical examination of the Irish man amid concerns about his health after more than three(...)

Ibrahim Halawa trial hears testimony before latest adjournment
- Crime & Law
- January 17, 2017, 19:16
Ten witnesses gave evidence at the trial of Ibrahim Halawa in Cairo on Tuesday, focusing on clashes between police and protesters in the Egyptian capi(...)

Ibrahim Halawa tells TDs of being beaten by prison authorities
- Irish News
- January 10, 2017, 19:39
Ibrahim Halawa has told a delegation of TDs who visited him in an Egyptian prison on Tuesday that he was beaten and put in solitary confinement by the(...)

Ibrahim Halawa: Jail term feels like 1,000 years not days
- Irish News
- May 13, 2016, 12:39
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 l(...)

Politicians condemn further delay in Ibrahim Halawa trial
- Health
- March 6, 2016, 21:24
Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan has expressed his “deep concern” after Dubliner Ibrahim Halawa’s trial in Egypt was adjourned for the 1(...)

Ibrahim Halawa trial postponed for tenth time
- Crime & Law
- December 15, 2015, 13:32
The trial in Egypt of Irishman Ibrahim Halawa has been postponed for the tenth time. The proceedings were due to begin on Tuesday but the absence of(...)