Search for blasphemy speaker:Brian Lenihan Jnr (KildareStreet.com)

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008): Brian Lenihan Jnr: ...offences. We must be mindful also of the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Corway v. Independent Newspapers in 1999 where the Supreme Court indicated a need to address the law on blasphemy. At this stage I would suggest our duty is to ensure there is no gap created in the case of these offences which are recognised by the Constitution. Essentially, there is a problem of...
Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008): Brian Lenihan Jnr: ...seeing whether we need to go beyond that in the penalty clause. There are difficult issues with a referendum. The House of Lords is currently examining in the legislative context the question of blasphemy and its possible abolition. In England and Wales blasphemy traditionally only consisted in the scandalising of the established church. It is probably the case in Ireland, with the...

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