Blasphemy law in the Republic of Ireland
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title:
Blasphemy law in the Republic of Ireland
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In Ireland, "publication or utterance of blasphemous matter", defamatory of any religion, was a criminal offence until 17 January 2020. It was a requirement of the 1937 Constitution until removed after a 2018 referendum. The common law offence of blasphemous libel, applicable only to Christianity and last prosecuted in 1855, was believed to fulfil the constitutional requirement until a 1999 ruling that it was incompatible with the constitution's guarantee of religious equality. The Defamation Ac
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Former law
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy_law_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland
date created:
2010-01-05T14:44:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T19:45:27Z
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