Ibrahim Halawa is expected to return to Ireland on Sunday or Monday following his release from prison in Egypt.
The 21-year-old was released at 11pm last night having spent four years in prison for his part in a mass protest in Cairo in 2013.
Speaking to RTÉ’s ‘Morning Ireland’, Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney said:
“The timing and problem with that is we are in the Egyptian weekend, which is Friday and Saturday. That office is not open on a Friday and has very limited opening on a Saturday so we are obviously working to get him home as quickly as possible but it will be either Sunday or Monday by the time he is home I suspect.”
President Michael D. Higgins released a statement reacting to the news which says:
“The release of Ibrahim Halawa will come as a great relief to his family. It will be welcomed by all those who were concerned for him in his long ordeal of imprisonment. I wish Ibrahim Halawa well on his journey home.”
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