
"Of course I'm not with the Muslim Brotherhood, at 17 you don't know what that is."

The Halawa sisters were presented with a special recognition award at the Irish Tatler Women of the Year awards in Dublin last night for their campaigning to get their 21-year-old brother released.

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

LATEST: The campaign to free Ibrahim Halawa has today praised the Irish embassy in Egypt for its help following the Dublin man’s release from an Egyptian prison.

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

Bureaucracy is what is holding up Ibrahim Halawa's release from jail according to Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney.

Ibrahim Halawa's family has said they still do not know when he is coming home.

Children's Minister Katherine Zappone has insisted progress is still taking place over the release of Ibrahim Halawa amid concern over the week-long delay in his return to Ireland.

The Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Coveney, has said he expects Ibrahim Halawa to return to Ireland within a matter of days.

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

Latest: Ibrahim Halawa's soolicitor today paid tribute to the "hard work and dedication" of this family during their struggle to have him released from detention in Egypt.

A verdict had been expected yesterday in the case of Ibrahim Halawa in a mass trial of those involved in Muslim Brotherhood protests in August 2013, following the removal of president Mohamed Morsi.

Jailed Irishman Ibrahim Halawa has warned he has been behind bars for so long that he is scared of freedom.

The trial of Ibrahim Halawa is expected to finally hear the case for the Dubliner's defence today in Cairo.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney says the trial of Ibrahim Halawa appears to be moving towards a conclusion.

Ibrahim Halawa's legal team will begin challenging video evidence in the trial in Egypt today.

President Michael D Higgins has said the four-year trial in Egypt of 21-year-old Ibrahim Halawa needs an urgent resolution.

There has been another adjournment in the trial of Ibrahim Halawa, according to Amnesty International Ireland.