The United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Al Maktoum Foundation built the Clonskeagh Centre in 1995 and has funded it since, at approximately €2.5 million annually. A serious dispute between the Al Maktoum Foundation and prominent officials at Clonskeagh over governance and due diligence issues came to a head in 2024. Claims were also made about alleged links between officials at Clonskeagh and the Muslim Brotherhood. Ibrahim was detained in Cairo, along with three of his sisters, during a Muslim Brotherhood “day of rage” in 2013 over the removal of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, who was affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood. Subsequently, following the closure of the ICCI in April 2025, he was appointed manager for media affairs there by the Al Maktoum Foundation.

Source: The Irish Times February 13, 2026 20:01 UTC