Paul Murphy said he went to retrieve his confiscated phone from a Cairo police station but was prevented from leaving

Paul Murphy has been detained again in Egypt, according to his family

In a post on X, Mr Murphy said they were released last night, but that police still had their phones.

The partner of Paul Murphy, who was detained in Egypt, has called on Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister to make a statement on the matter.

Paul Murphy has said he is among several people detained by Egyptian authorities while on a march to Gaza.

A delegation of 50 Irish people will be among thousands setting off on a global 'March to Gaza' today

The children arrived in Dublin on Thursday night after the Slovakian government provided a plane.

An Irish mother whose children were abducted by their father in Egypt nearly three years ago hopes her case will be discussed during Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's visit to Ireland this week

Mandy Kelly from Dundalk in Co Louth was on holiday in Egypt in 2022 when her husband Ramy Gamal Maamoun Mohamed locked her in an apartment and took the children away in a car

Two Britons were reported to be missing after the vessel sank in the Red Sea off Egypt.

Three-year-old Kareem and his five-year-old brother Zayn Mohammed were both born in Ireland and have had no contact with their mother since June 2022

The Government had to charter a €7,000-per-hour business aircraft to take Tánaiste Micheál Martin to the Middle East after the Government’s Learjet broke down again last week leaving Taoiseach Leo Varadkar “stranded” in Paris

The Minister for Foreign Affairs will also travel to Egypt as part of the visit.