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Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Bill 2019: Second Stage (5 Nov 2019): James Lawless: I will be sharing time with colleagues. I commend the Minister's contribution. It was an interesting tour of jurisprudence on the issue of blasphemy, how it came into being, its position in Bunreacht na hÉireann and the small degree of case law which has prevailed on the article and, more recently, the offence in the past number of years. As the Minister outlined, very few cases ever...

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