Free speech advocates across the world should find solace in the fact
that a regressive piece of legislation with dire implications for free
speech, is now dead in the water, in spite of being a “sure thing” less
than two years ago. This is a piece of legislation, after all, that had already comfortably passed in the lower house of Parliament, was supported by all major political parties,
and was initially only resisted by a handful of journalists,
politicians and political activists. The Irish Government had staked
their reputation on the passage of this hate speech law, so they would
not have withdrawn it at the last minute unless they had come under
intense political pressure....<<<Read More>>>....
