The Social Democrats will this week introduce draft legislation to remove the obsolete offence of blasphemy from the Constitution and the Statue Book. The party will on Wednesday bring forward two separate Private Members’ Bills to ensure that Ireland’s legal framework enshrines full respect for freedom of speech. The country’s outdated blasphemy laws recently sparked controversy when a complaint was made against British comedian Stephen Fry over comments he made about God … Continue reading Social Democrats introduce Bills to strike out obsolete and offensive blasphemy offence