In the News – Friday May 8
If you're truly liberal even hate-speech must be free (opinion piece by David Quinn in the Irish Independent) Ireland bucks trend with anti-blasphemy law (news item by John Ozimek in The Register)
In the News – Thursday May 7
Blasphemy law only panders to the deranged instincts of an intolerant immigrant minority (opinion piece by Kevin Myers in the Irish Independent)
In the News – Wed May 6
Sinister blasphemy law would play into the hands of religious nut cases (opinion piece by Stephen King in the Irish Examiner) A blasphemy clause that does not fit the Bill (opinion piece by Newton Emerson in the Irish Times) Pakistan lawyer threatens to kill Christian charged with blasphemy (news item ...
In the News – Tuesday May 5
Absurdity of blasphemy law revived by Ahern (opinion piece by Fintan O'Toole in the Irish Times)
In the News – Monday May 4
No place for blasphemy law (editorial in the Irish Times)
In the News – Sunday May 3
Atheist Ireland fights to keep God out of Irish law (news item by Henry McDonald in the Observer) Dermot Ahern is a Catholic fundamentalist (opinion piece by Diarmuid Doyle in the Sunday Tribune) New libel law is a threat to free speech (opinion piece in the Sunday Times)
In the News – Saturday May 2
Green TD in blasphemy challenge (news item in The Times) Pakistan - Christian families accused of blasphemy (news item in the Daily Times)
In the News – Friday May 1
Position of blasphemy in our Constitution cannot be ignored (opinion piece by Justice Minister Dermot Ahern in the Irish Times) Churches not consulted about blasphemy law proposal (news item by Carol Coulter in the Irish Times) Crime of blasphemy dangerous and silly (opinion piece by John Waters in the Irish ...
In the News – Thursday April 30
For God's sake, why have blasphemous libel? (analysis by Carol Coulter in the Irish Times) Ahern denies ‘criminalising blasphemy’ (news item in the Irish Examiner) A blasphemy law for Ireland? (news item in New Humanist)
In the News – Wed April 29
Crime of blasphemous libel proposed for Defamation Bill (news item by Carol Coulter in the Irish Times) Atheist Ireland responds to proposed law on RTE radio (recording of Liveline, with Michael Nugent of Atheist Ireland) Ahern defends blasphemy changes (news item on Irish Times website) Religion doesn't need protection (opinion ...