Society must “think very carefully” about the reality of racism in Ireland now that the Government has dropped its hate speech law plans.

Ireland will not introduce hate speech laws, its justice minister said on Saturday, dropping a central part of the response to riots in Dublin last year following criticism from some government lawmakers,

Plans to introduce new hate speech provisions in Irish law have been abandoned by the government after they garnered criticism.

McEntee told Irish broadcaster RTÉ that "in order to bring forward new hate speech legislation we need a consensus". "We don't have that at the moment," she said. However she sai

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Sky News host James Morrow discusses a new development in Ireland’s hate speech legislation which he described as “a win” for free speech.