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!

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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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“Fianna Fáil TDs and senators said the arrest of an autistic teenager for a hate crime highlights the ‘unintended consequences’ of the Justice Minister’s proposed hate speech legislation”

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“An Irish hate crime law worries me very much” - ‘Father Ted’ creator Graham Linehan hits out at his comedy gig’s cancellation by Leith Arches, and slams the Irish government's hate speech bill as a threat to “perfectly commonplace beliefs.”

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https://gript.ie/father-ted-creator-blasts-irish-governments-hate-speech-bill/

CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, who acquired X (formerly Twitter) last year, has said that his corporation will file legal action to stop hate speech laws in Ireland and elsewhere which critics say are being used to clamp down on free speech.

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https://gript.ie/musk-says-his-x-platform-will-file-legal-action-against-irish-hate-speech-bill/

Michael Shellenberger will be speaking at IRELAND UNCENSORED.

Only a fraction of the tickets remain so if you haven't already, you can book now: http://bit.ly/3YxwBjK

Best-selling author and former editor for The Economist, Helen Joyce, will be speaking at #IrelandUncensored on Saturday, 16th September.

Tickets can be bought below:
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FACT-CHECK :

Minister McEntee claims that “we are introducing hate crime legislation for the first time, which does not exist in this country.”

FALSE :

According to the Irish Times in 2017: “Ireland has one piece of hate crime legislation, the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989.”

Source: http://irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts-service-reveals-five-convictions-for-hate-crime-since-1989-1.3124352

Irish Justice Minister Helen McEntee expects her controversial Hate Speech bill to be in force "by the end of the year", and says how confident she is that nobody in Ireland will ever be taken to court for "misgendering" under the law. Question by Ben Scallan.

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