# cairo - Saturday 24 October, 2020
# Cairo
# Cairo
The elections will be held in two phases, with the first covering 14 provinces today and tomorrow.
# cairo - Wednesday 31 July, 2019
# Cairo
# Cairo
Inmates have been on hunger strike for more than six weeks, Amnesty International has said.
# cairo - Thursday 27 June, 2019
# Premier League Stars
From The42
# Premier League Stars
Two of the Premier League’s most highly-rated forwards went head-to-head in Cairo on Thursday.
# cairo - Sunday 19 May, 2019
# Cairo
# Cairo
It comes months after a similar explosion killed three tourists in the region.
# cairo - Wednesday 27 February, 2019
# Egypt
# Egypt
The fire broke out after a train crashed into a steel barrier, sources said.
# cairo - Friday 28 December, 2018
# Egypt
# Egypt
Armed security personnel quickly deployed to the site and cordoned off the area.
# cairo - Saturday 15 December, 2018
# Cairo
# Cairo
The tomb belongs to “Wahtye”, a high priest who served during the fifth dynasty reign of King Neferirkare.
# cairo - Sunday 11 November, 2018
# Cairo
# Cairo
The discovery at Saqqara also includes mummies of scarabs, the first ever to be found in the area.
# cairo - Friday 29 December, 2017
# Cairo
# Cairo
The jihadist had been armed with an assault rifle, 150 rounds of ammunition and a bomb.
# cairo - Wednesday 25 October, 2017
# Peter Greste
# Peter Greste
Ibrahim Halawa arrived back in Dublin yesterday to a media-heavy welcome.
# cairo - Tuesday 24 October, 2017
# Terminal One - Arrivals
# Terminal One - Arrivals
Ibrahim Halawa isn’t “going away quietly” – and his arrival at Dublin Airport today proves it.
# Back Home
# Back Home
The Dubliner has been speaking to the media at Terminal 1.
# cairo - Friday 20 October, 2017
# Coming Home
# Coming Home
The 21-year-old spent more than four years in jail.
# cairo - Tuesday 19 September, 2017
# Innocent
# Innocent
Peter Greste – who spent over a year in an Egyptian prison with Halawa – said that it was “wonderful” that he had been released.
# cairo - Monday 28 August, 2017
# Egypt
# Egypt
The 21-year-old Irish citizen has been in jail in Egypt for over four years.
# cairo - Thursday 17 August, 2017
# Anniversary
# Anniversary
Halawa (21) was arrested during a demonstration in 2014 in support of Mohamed Morsi who had been ousted from power in a military coup.
# cairo - Tuesday 25 July, 2017
# Cairo
# Cairo
The 21-year-old Irishman has been held in Cairo for almost four years.
# cairo - Sunday 16 July, 2017
# Cairo
# Cairo
The next hearing will be on 25 July.
# cairo - Tuesday 4 July, 2017
# Egypt
# Egypt
Halawa has been imprisoned in the Egyptian capital for 1,418 days – nearly four years.
# cairo - Wednesday 17 May, 2017
# Cairo
# Cairo
Now aged 21, Halawa has spent almost four years in jail.
# cairo - Saturday 13 May, 2017
# Minya Province
# Minya Province
Burial shafts were found in the area and excavation work “revealed that these shafts led to a number of corridors inside a cachette of mummies”.
# cairo - Sunday 9 April, 2017
# Cairo
# Cairo
The first bombing struck the Mar Girgis church in the city of Tanta north of Cairo , killing 27 people, the health ministry earlier said.
# cairo - Wednesday 5 April, 2017
# Egypt
# Egypt
The trial was delayed for the 21st time today.
# cairo - Tuesday 21 March, 2017
# Cairo
# Cairo
Halawa faces another trial date – his 20th – tomorrow.
# cairo - Sunday 19 March, 2017
# Hunger Strike
# Hunger Strike
Lynn Boylan says Halawa has been ‘on hunger strikes on and off’ throughout his detention.
# cairo - Tuesday 14 March, 2017
# Jailed Without Trial
# Jailed Without Trial
The Dubliner has been jailed in an Egyptian prison since August 2013.
# cairo - Tuesday 14 February, 2017
# cairo - Saturday 14 January, 2017
# Ibrahim Halawa
# Ibrahim Halawa
Ibrahim Halawa’s sister says they were remembering those who had been killed in a massacre.
# cairo - Tuesday 10 January, 2017
# Imprisoned Without Trial
# Imprisoned Without Trial
Halawa has been in prison without trial for almost three-and-a-half years.
# cairo - Sunday 8 January, 2017
# Ibrahim Halawa
# Ibrahim Halawa
The TDs will be discussing the young man’s incarceration when they arrive tomorrow.
# cairo - Tuesday 13 December, 2016
# Delayed
# Delayed
His trial has been rescheduled for 17 January 2017.
# cairo - Thursday 1 December, 2016
# Help Me
# Help Me
Ibrahim Halawa has been awaiting trial in an Egyptian jail for three years.
# cairo - Tuesday 27 September, 2016
# Cairo
# Cairo
In the letter, Halawa imagines that today could be his graduation day.
# cairo - Friday 17 June, 2016
# Flight MS804
# Flight MS804
It could prove vital in establishing the cause of the crash last month.
# cairo - Thursday 16 June, 2016
# Airbus A320
# Airbus A320
Search teams are still looking for the black box as the cause of the crash is still unknown.
# cairo - Tuesday 24 May, 2016
# Day Five
# Day Five
Sources close to the investigation have denied that evidence of explosives has been found among the crash debris.
# cairo - Sunday 8 May, 2016
# Egypt
# Egypt
Jihadists, including Islamic State group militants, have killed hundreds of policemen and soldiers in attacks.
# cairo - Friday 15 April, 2016
# Jailed Without Trial
# Jailed Without Trial
Soha Gendi told RTÉ that he government has visited him regularly.
# cairo - Monday 8 February, 2016
# Cairo
# Cairo
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was travelling to the opening of a social housing project.
# cairo - Thursday 4 February, 2016
# Giulio Regeni
# Giulio Regeni
He was last seen when he left his home to meet a friend.
A couple of showers this morning; clouds
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Min: 8 °C
Partly sunny and cooler
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