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Exclusive: Fresh Fears Over Irish Hate Laws After UK Arrest Of Autistic Teen

“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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The ‘heavy-handed’ arrest of an autistic teenage girl over an alleged homophobic remark in the UK has prompted fresh fears over Helen McEntee’s hate speech

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‘Father Ted’ creator blasts Irish government’s hate speech bill - Gript

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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/

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“This has been happening to me for five years now.”

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https://freespeechireland.ie/5-reasons-hate-speech-laws-are-a-poisoned-cure/

5 Reasons “Hate Speech” Laws Are A Poisoned Cure

Churchill famously quipped that democracy is the worst form of government with the exception of all other forms of government. Similarly, I would argue that free speech is the worst form of speech regulation with the exception of all other forms of speech…

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Musk says his X platform will file legal action against Irish hate speech bill - Gript

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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/

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Bill has been described as draconian

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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

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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:
https://tickettailor.com/events/freespeechireland/979702

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Courts Service reveals five convictions for hate crime since 1989

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

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Current law not ‘fit for purpose’ claim campaigners as racist incidents continue to rise

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McEntee expects Hate Speech bill to be passed "by the end of the year"

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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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Free Speech Ireland pinned «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…»

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Our petition:

https://www.change.org/p/ireland-says-no-to-hate-speech-laws?original_footer_petition_id=18610580&algorithm=promoted&source_location=petition_footer&grid_position=2&pt=AVBldGl0aW9uAPriDQIAAAAAZFzAQWNZLo9hMzA4Y2ZmZA%3D%3D

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Sign the Petition

Ireland Says "No" to Hate Speech Laws

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Irish artist, Kevin Sharkey will be part of the #IrelandUncensored line-up this Saturday 16th Sept.

Tickets have now sold out, however, you can still put your name down on a waiting list should there be any cancellations.

Link below:
https://tickettailor.com/events/freespeechireland/979702

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The schedule for #IrelandUncensored tomorrow:

Please have your tickets ready on your phone or printed out so we can scan the QR codes.

We are aware that many people were unable to secure tickets.

The event will be livestreamed by Gript on X ( x.com/griptmedia ) and on YouTube ( youtube.com/@GriptMedia ).

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https://youtu.be/fN3gwvrn0jI?si=RFdAlDCLj54xF74e

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Ireland Uncensored

"I think it's really important that the media acts as a bridge between the government and the people": Hear from the organisers of today's Ireland Uncensored conference, which took place at the RDS.

#IrelandUncensored

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Ben Scallan speaking at IRELAND UNCENSORED

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Speaking at #irelanduncensored, Laoise de Brún BL of The Countess said that Section 10 of the Hate Speech Bill “drags this legislation into the realm of thought crime, or pre-crime”.

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When it comes to censorship in Ireland, Niall Boylan poses a thought-provoking question to Ben Scallan:

“Is there anything that should be censored at all in your view?”

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Toby Young of the Free Speech Union explains how Helen Mc Entee's Hate Speech Bill could mirror its Scottish counterpart.

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The very important public consultation on "misinformation" - Gript

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JOHN MCGUIRK: Why everybody concerned about Government over-reach into free speech and public debate should be responding to the ongoing public consultation on "misinformation" and "disinformation".
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https://gript.ie/the-very-important-public-consultation-on-misinformation/

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Make your voice heard

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