Ibrahim Halawa will spend Christmas in an Egyptian jail cell after his 11th trial date was postponed.

The 20 year old was arrested during an anti government protest in Cairo two years ago and his case still hasn't been heard in a court of law.

He will now appear in court again on the 9th of January.

Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan was speaking to the Dubliner's family following this latest development: