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To anyone who might be tempted to consider the Irish Government’s removal of the hate-speech elements from its Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences Bill as some sort of final victory, Lorcán Price sounds a necessary warning note: He writes, "while the shelving of

This morning we emailed a letter to each member of the Seanad to express our concerns about the Hate Speech Bill and the impacts it will have on our freedom of expression and speech, and our right to assert our same-sex attraction rather than ‘same-gender’ attraction. A main

This Bill is being guillotined tonight for no good reason. The Dáil will have another final vote in the coming days. Tell your government TDs how serious you regard this matter and decide accordingly on election day if they pass this Bill. The expansive definition of gender

It would be a complete neglect of democratic duty by Helen McEntee TD to 'guillotine' discourse over the Hate Speech Bill, as Senator Rónán Mullen highlighted in the Seanad this evening.

Well said by Gerard Casey, our president. There have been countless cases of hate speech laws leading to absurd policing and sentencing outcomes in the UK, yet not one of these pitfalls was considered by the myriad NGOs that the Irish state consulted.

Despite no democratic mandate, content that is legal under Irish & EU law must be suppressed under Coimisiún na Meán's new Online Safety Code. Platforms risk fines of 10% of global annual turnover if they fail to comply, so they may err on the side of censorship. brusselssignal.eu/2024/10/irelan…

We encourage supporters of free speech not to vote for the Green Party in the upcoming General Election. They have created a ridiculous situation where environmentalists would have to vote against their civil liberties.

Your front doorbell rings. “We’re here to talk to you about a report that has been made of your having been involved in a Non-Hate Crime Incident" Is this form of anti-free speech legal intimidation coming our way in Ireland? The Free Speech Union Free Speech Ireland Frank Furedi James Orr

How compatible is the EU’s Digital Services Act with article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union which concerns freedom of expression and information? 1. Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions

Ireland's duty to censor American platforms under the EU's DSA does us no favours. Censorship is prone to political bias, whereas free speech is neutral by nature.

A professor at UCD, Tim Crowley, has criticised HEA for pushing the radical Athena SWAN Charter: “Every university in Ireland has adopted, or is in the process of adopting, a set of commitments that explicitly undermine free speech and academic freedom.”

Is Ireland at Breaking Point? Dr Gerard Casey (Gerard Casey) will join our panel this Wednesday to discuss the issue. If you didn’t manage to get a ticket, join our mailing list below to be the first to hear about upcoming events👇

Excellent piece by Colette Colfer on "Stifling Academic Freedom in Ireland": "There is a paradox at the heart of the Irish higher education system when it comes to academic freedom. On the one hand the Universities Act 1997 states that universities have the responsibility to

What are Lad Bible up to?? While advocating for Hate Speech Laws they’ve managed to promote a fake EU Leprechaun Law?? 🤔 Video explanation 👇🏻

Thanks to the ⁦The Irish Times⁩ for publishing this important piece by ⁦John Armstrong⁩ and I: Why do we have a charter for thought control in Irish universities? – The Irish Times irishtimes.com/ireland/educat…

Cancellation of 'Is Ireland Safe?' Event at UCD Raises Concerns Over Academic Freedom

“It's the biggest campus cancellation of recent times in Ireland.” Tim Crowley—the academic who booked the venue at UCD for Breaking Point—speaks out about the cancellation.

“I would urge the Commission to revisit the approach they’re taking to hate speech laws—and indeed, to Ireland.” Michael McNamara, MEP, pushes back against threatened proceedings.