Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said the country would pass new legislation to crack down on racist hate speech online, a ...

The new hate-speech laws look like a desperate attempt by the government to prevent debate about Ireland’s demographic transformation. Everyone in Irish political life is aware that the European ...

Transphobic “hate speech” will not be criminalised in Ireland after its government backed down on a controversial law.

It’s common, I think, for Americans to imagine Ireland as a quaint holdover from ... and certain provision regarding “hate speech.” The justice minister did, however, ominously imply that ...

With lists of awards and accolades –including Oscar nominations – under their belt, Esther McCarthy meets the people behind our thriving cartoon ... success story for Ireland’s animation ...

Donald Trump Jr and Elon Musk are among those who have objected to the new Irish Hate Crime Bill Elon Musk wants to take legal action over it. The son of former United States president Donald ...

adding that people can see “every single day the rise of the far right” in Ireland. She called on Justice Minister Helen McEntee to go ahead with her initial promises to introduce hate speech ...

The Republic of Ireland's Minister for Justice has confirmed she has dropped plans to introduce new hate speech laws. Helen McEntee said she would still include the hate crime element in new ...

A collective of 18 LGBTQ+ organisations are calling on general election candidates to prioritise banning conversion therapy and tackling extreme hate speech through fit-for-purpose legislation.

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has removed controversial provisions on hate speech from criminal justice legislation that the Seanad has passed, more than a year after it was last debated in ...

With that said, there’s a point where speech ceases to be a tool for communication and becomes a weapon. In a world where words can go viral within seconds, we have to acknowledge a line drawn around ...

Hate speech targeting Jewish people on social media surged by more than a third in the year following Israel’s military response to the Hamas October 7 attacks, a report has found. Analysis of ...