“Upon such evidence being given, and a warrant granted, the guards can enter your home, search every person there, seize every single electronic device in the house, your phones, your laptops, your tablets, those of your partner, children’s phones, they can take anything, diaries, books, any object at all, and hold them for an indefinite amount of time.”

Sharon Keogan criticising 15 of the Hate Speech Bill, which covers search warrants.

"You have sought to reassure us... I am far from reassured, instead I'm more fearful now than I ever was."

Senator Gerard Craughwell made the case the government has been misleading in their defence of the Hate Speech Bill. Refuting claims made by no one and rubbishing concerns made by the opposition.

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"It is understood that following the Seanad debate on the Bill last month, a number of government senators requested a meeting with the minister to highlight their concerns about the new law."

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“ As a person who was heavily involved in drafting the human rights and equality sections of the Good Friday (Belfast) Agreement, I am appalled that [the Hate Speech Bill] strikes directly at the ethos of the GFA. ”

https://t.co/GcOnBuIneM

Minister McEntee has resorted to playing with words in an effort to placate the public's concerns about her bill.

While the Minister may assure us that Freedom of Expression is protected, Gardaí, prosecutors and judges operate based on laws, not the promises of their sponsors.

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"If you ask a child what something means and they give you a circular definition back you could probably accept that
[..]
you certainly wouldn't accept it in a law that criminalises people on that circular definition for speaking"

- Peadar Tóibín

This senseless violence occurred right next to Dublin's busiest Garda Station.

With an already overburdened police force, Justice Minister Helen Mc Entee is more focused on legislating for thought crime than tackling violent crime on our streets.

https://t.co/KjKltvVWqb

While the US Embassy warns about safety on our streets, Gardaí brace for speech crime paperwork.

Fine Gael should follow their youth branch in dismissing this bill.

Our spokesperson Sarah Hardiman comments on the cancellation of “Think Local” festival, the authoritarian overreach of the NGO sector and unaccountable activists in Ireland.

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https://gript.ie/intolerant-ireland-the-cancelling-of-the-think-local-festival/

Ran into Zuby who sends his support for the fight against the “Hate Speech” Bill in Ireland

The youth branch of Fianna Fáil has joined FG's in opposing the Hate Speech Bill.

There is a widespread misrepresentation of younger people as favouring censorship. The 'woke' ones who do are a very loud minority.

“At a time when the Minister for Justice can’t police our streets, why are we trying to police speech?”: Ógra Fianna Fáil has called for Justice Minister Helen McEntee’s hate speech bill be to be “halted with immediate effect.”

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https://gript.ie/ogra-fianna-fail-calls-for-mcentees-hate-speech-bill-to-be-halted/

“FSI is deeply concerned that minister McEntee will ignore the concerns of the public and her colleagues in the Seanad who have loudly voiced their concerns that this proposed bill is an oppressive law”

https://t.co/tkqGylbzGa

Free Speech banner spotted flying from 9th Century round tower at St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny.

Join us at the RDS on Saturday 16th of September for a special event featuring a range of speakers united in opposition to censorship.

Show the government Ireland does not want Hate Speech Laws!

Enter code "earlybird" for €5 discount on link below:

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A freedom of speech event is set to be held in Dublin’s RDS on September 16th to discuss the government’s hate speech bill, featuring an impressive lineup of speakers, with more to be announced.

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https://gript.ie/free-speech-event-to-be-held-in-dublins-rds-in-september/