Reminder – Public Meeting Today in Dublin
PUBLIC MEETING - BLASPHEMY IS A VICTIMLESS CRIME VENUE: WYNN'S HOTEL, ABBEY STREET, DUBLIN DATE: MONDAY 25th MAY TIME: 8-10pm The Dublin meeting is the second of several to be held around the country, organised by Atheist Ireland, an advocacy group for an ethical and secular Ireland. Speakers will include: ...
Speeches from Waterford Meeting
The first public meeting against the blasphemy law took place on Thursday 21 May 2009 in the Tower Hotel, Waterford. Here are the speeches by Michael Nugent, chair of Atheist Ireland and Barry Grant, Waterford citizen and campaigner. Michael Nugent outlines the context of the proposed law Barry Grant analyses ...
Submission to Justice Committee
The All-Party Justice Committee is meeting today to discuss the Defamation Bill, and we have arranged to send them a submission which will be circulated to them before they meet. Here is a draft of this submission. Any feedback welcome, before we send it over to the Committee. Update: the submission ...
Barry Grant on Waterford Local Radio
Barry Grant, who will be speaking at the Waterford public meeting this Thursday, being interviewed on Waterford Local Radio news about the proposed blasphemy law.
Public Meeting Next Monday in Dublin
PUBLIC MEETING - BLASPHEMY IS A VICTIMLESS CRIME VENUE: WYNN'S HOTEL, ABBEY STREET, DUBLIN DATE: MONDAY 25th MAY TIME: 8-10pm The Dublin meeting is the second of several to be held around the country, organised by Atheist Ireland, an advocacy group for an ethical and secular Ireland. Speakers will include: Michael ...
Justice Minister to Amend New Blasphemy Law
The Minister for Justice is proposing to amend his new blasphemy law by providing, as a defence, that a person accused of blasphemy can “prove that a reasonable person would find genuine literary, artistic, political, scientific, or academic value” in the blasphemous matter. He is not proposing to reduce the ...
Public Meeting this Thursday in Waterford
PUBLIC MEETING - BLASPHEMY IS A VICTIMLESS CRIME VENUE: THE TOWER HOTEL, WATERFORD CITY DATE: THURSDAY 21st MAY TIME: 8-10pm The Waterford meeting is the first of several to be held around the country, organised by Atheist Ireland, an advocacy group for an ethical and secular Ireland. Speakers will include: ...