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2024-03-12 03:41:11 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 75DF874239C1634C3D119953821D66F7C0C4752611F32930B259FDBE274B53A5
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Both incitement to violence and hatred are already illegal under Irish law. What the user in the quoted post is referring to is controversial new legislation which is currently in the Irish Seanad. Current Irish law against incitement to Hatred and/or Violence: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1989/act/19/enacted/en/print.html https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1997/act/26/enacted/en/print.html
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