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and for other purposes incidental to the matters aforesaid". It established the Censorship of Publications Board. A book caught by the act was one that "in its general tendency indecent or obscene ... or ... advocates the unnatural prevention of conception or the procurement of abortion or miscarriage or the use of any method, treatment or appliance for the purpose of such prevention or such miscarriage".
1318:. Section 60 provides that the Irish government may apply to the courts for an order made under the Act to be heard in private. Section 59 prohibits anyone from publishing the fact that the minister has made an order or direction under the Act; even publication that such a prohibition order has been made is also an offence under the Act. Days after the Act was passed, an order was sought by minister 63: 1529:. The last person censored under the lapsing Order in January 1994 was Larry O'Toole, who was banned from appearing in a joint RTÉ/Channel Four programme on the Northern Ireland conflict, chaired by Channel Four's John Snow. The Channel Four production team wished to speak to O'Toole about his court victory. RTÉ would not permit this as O'Toole had been chosen as a candidate in 1470:, as someone who might be prosecuted under a proposed amendment to the Offences Against the State Act. O'Brien cited pro-republican Letters to the Editor as coming under the terms of the legislation for which the editor could be made legally liable. Coogan, who was immediately warned of O'Brien's intentions by Nossiter, then published the Nossiter-O'Brien interview (as did 1827:. Following the overthrow of France and the Low Countries in May 1940, the British instigated full terminal mail censorship but the Irish were unable to look at more than about 10% due to the enormous staff this would have required. Covert censorship of mail between Northern Ireland and the south was effected by warrants obtained by G2, who also obtained warrants from the 693:, the state retains laws that allow for censorship, including specific laws covering films, advertisements, newspapers and magazines, as well as terrorism and pornography, among others. In the early years of the state, censorship was more widely enforced, particularly in areas that were perceived to be in contradiction of 1494:
which remained in place until 1994, specifically banned 'reports of interviews' with spokespersons for censored organisations. Moreover, British broadcasters were more liberal than RTÉ in defining when a person was a spokesperson for a censored organisation. They held that an MP like Sinn Féin President
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responded to the enactment by announcing the formation of the "Church of Dermotology" (named after Dermot Ahern, the minister who introduced the 2009 law). On the date on which the law came into effect, it published a series of potentially blasphemous quotations on its website and vowed to challenge
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Under severe pressure from successive governments, from approximately 1977 RTÉ extended Section 31 to censor all Sinn Féin members, not merely the Sinn Féin spokespersons specified in the Section 31 Order. This extension of the Order came to a head in the early 1990s. Sinn Féin member Larry O'Toole
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amended Section 31 of the Broadcasting Act. He also issued a new Section 31 Order. O'Brien censored spokespersons for specific organisations, including the Sinn Féin political party, rather than specified content. That prevented RTÉ from interviewing Sinn Féin spokespersons under any circumstances,
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programme. The recorded interview was not itself broadcast. MacStiofáin's voice was not heard. However, he was arrested after the O'Kelly interview and charged with membership of the IRA, an illegal organisation. Soon afterwards, at the non-jury Special Criminal Court O'Kelly was jailed briefly for
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modified the effect of the Censorship of Publications Acts 1929 to 1967 in respect of certain information likely to be required by a woman to avail herself of "services provided outside the State for the termination of pregnancies". However, the information in question must not advocate or promote
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was an act "to make provision for the prohibition of the sale and distribution of unwholesome literature and for that purpose to provide for the establishment of a censorship of books and periodical publications, and to restrict the publication of reports of certain classes of judicial proceedings
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are exempt from film classification, whereas in the UK, they must be classified. Broadcasters usually use their discretion and obey the British classifications and showing-time restrictions. Ireland receives all of the UK-licensed music channels, which are subject to British music video laws; with
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he or she publishes or utters matter that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by any religion, thereby causing outrage among a substantial number of the adherents of that religion, and (b) he or she intends, by the publication or utterance of the matter concerned, to
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or a Sinn Féin councillor could be interviewed about constituency business or in their private capacity. RTÉ would not allow this under any circumstances, a stance that caused a crisis in RTÉ in the early 1990s. In addition, the British censorship rules did not apply at election time, whereas they
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Advertisements are regulated by the Advertising Standards Authority, and must be truthful and factually accurate. In addition, adverts for illegal services are not allowed. The ASA is a voluntary industry body which has no statutory powers and has no power to remove a publication from circulation.
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covering eleven republican and loyalist organisations, but they were less severe than the Section 31 Order. For instance, British broadcasters could dub Sinn FĂ©in speeches and interviews with an actor's voice, or subtitle footage. That was not possible in Ireland where O'Brien's Section 31 Order,
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was abolished in 1966. A year later, the ban was changed so it only lasted twelve years instead of indefinitely, although it could be renewed. In 2010, the last series of book bans were finished as the previously bans have completed their twelve year limitation. Since March 2016 the Censorship of
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Collins refused clarification when RTÉ asked for advice on what this legal instruction meant in practice. RTÉ interpreted the Order politically to mean that spokespersons for the Provisional and Official IRA could no longer appear on air. In 1972 the government sacked the RTÉ Authority for not
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is strictly illegal. This includes videos, DVD, film, photographs, digital files, drawings and text descriptions. There are no other laws banning specific types of pornography in Ireland. However, distribution of obscene material by the telephone network can be prosecuted under the Post Office
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be a criminal offence. The scope of the protection afforded by this Article has been interpreted restrictively by the judiciary, largely as a result of the wording of the Article, which qualifies the right before articulating it. Indeed, until an authoritative pronouncement on the issue by the
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repealed a large part of the 1929 act and was "to make further and better provision for the censorship of books and periodical publications". Periodicals caught by the act included issues that "have devoted an unduly large proportion of space to the publication of matter relating to
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state into a modern European, secular and liberal nation. Nevertheless this has created a situation where legislation and regulation regarding certain areas of censorship hasn't caught up with the necessary requirements needed and as such this leads to various unusual omissions.
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was approved by a margin of 64.85% to 35.15% which removed the offence of blasphemy from the Constitution. The provisions of the Defamation Act 2009 were repealed upon the commencement of the Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Act 2019 on 17 January 2020.
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Article s.36 (3) provides that – "it shall be a defence to proceedings for an offence under this section for the defendant to prove that a reasonable person would find genuine literary, artistic, political, scientific, or academic value in the matter to which the offence
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approved in November 1992 removed the constitutional prohibition. Regulation of access to information to abortion was put on a statutory basis by the Regulation of Information (Services Outside the State For Termination of Pregnancies) Act 1995. This was repealed by the
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by the its own ombudsman, the Press Council of Ireland. The Press Council is a voluntary industry body, that regulates all major newspapers, magazines and news websites. However, it has no statutory powers and has no power to remove a publication from circulation.
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was withdrawn by its Irish distributors for a day to pre-empt a threatened ban due to the inclusion of an advertisement for a UK abortion clinic in that day's issue (despite the advert having appeared on a number of prior occasions without incident).
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about gardening on radio because a caller was a member of Sinn Féin. The changes eroded liberal interpretations by RTÉ of its censorship responsibilities, afforded by the original 1971 Order, and encouraged a process of illiberal interpretation.
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by the retailer, or guidelines governed by the retailer’s landlord. The only legislation is the Indecent Advertisements Act 1889, which prohibits the display of anything indecent, that affixed to an object that is visible from the street.
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provided for prohibition orders made on the grounds of indecency or obscenity to expire after a period of twelve years. A further prohibition order could then be made by the Censorship of Publications Board in respect of the same
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was an act "to provide for the official censoring of cinematographic pictures and for other matters connected therewith". It established the office of the Official Censor of Films and a Censorship of Films Appeal Board (and see
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Until the early 1990s, discussing abortion in any way, including the provision of impartial information, was disallowed, and any publication providing information on the medical treatment would be confiscated. In the 1980s, the
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and also to the sheets contained within. In the 1980s mail from IRA members imprisoned in Limerick and likely also Portlaoise prisons has been recorded as censored but there is no record of civilian mail censorship since 1945.
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of 9pm, in which programming for a mature audience can be shown. A significant quantity of audio-visual media in Ireland comes directly or indirectly from the United Kingdom, and as such it is subject to British regulation and
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The listing of periodicals under permanent banning orders as of 2007 includes many publications which have ceased to be published, as well as ones which are now sold freely without any realistic chance of prosecution, such as
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as that of Mac Stiofáin. Mac Stiofáin was convicted in any case. On appeal by O'Kelly to the Supreme Court a fine was substituted as a means purging O'Kelly's contempt. The fine was paid anonymously and O'Kelly was released.
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to be held five months later. RTÉ said O'Toole was therefore a Sinn Féin spokesperson, irrespective of the capacity in which he was to be interviewed or the proposed interview's distant relationship with a future election.
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was censored in the U.S. between 1921 and 1934, and the UK between 1922 and 1936, the Censorship of Publications Board never banned it. When the British government in 1985 censor the publication of the memoirs of the
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was appointed in 1926 to report on the effectiveness of the censorship laws. It concluded that the then-current censorship laws were inadequate, and that the government had a duty to ban "morally corrupting"
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In the past, references to records or songs being "banned" in Ireland refer to one or more radio stations refusing to play the songs rather than any legislative ban, although before 1989 it may have been a
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blocked insurers and banks from making any critical statements containing "any references" to them by means either of "public press statements" or un-approved public references, whether "written or oral."
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by Jean Martin due repeat references of raping a ten-year-old minor. In February 2017, a man from County Clare was charged with possession of book in question, making first such charge in twenty years.
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any matter that could be calculated to promote the aims or activities of any organisation which engages in, promotes, encourages or advocates the attaining of any particular objectives by violent means
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have editorial guidelines. News, current affairs programmes and chat shows are like newspapers, in that they are pretty much free to broadcast on anything, provided they don't break Ireland's strict
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led to the internment of IRA members, again under the Offences against the State Act, and their mail was overtly censored between 1957 and 1960 most often with an Irish language censor mark reading
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sufficiently disciplining broadcasters the government accused of breaching the Order. RTÉ's Kevin O'Kelly had reported on an interview that he conducted with the (Provisional) IRA Chief of Staff,
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had their mail censored, even local mail, though they are known to have posted their letters outside the camp to try to evade the camp oversight. IRA internees' mail was also censored under the
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of music known as the "ban on Jazz" (with an exceptionally wide definition of what constituted "jazz"). Such bans only served to further increase listenership to foreign radio stations (such as
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Supreme Court, many believed that the protection was restricted to "convictions and opinions" and, as a result, a separate right to communicate was, by necessity, implied into Article 40.3.2.
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Unlike most other countries, the Film Classification Office have little involvement in computer game censorship. This led to an unusual situation where in 1997 the British-owned retailer
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Censorship of mail in Ireland goes back to, at least, the 1660s and possibly earlier. Both overt and covert censorship of Irish mail took place, mainly in England and sometimes using
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gave the official government response to a report on the blasphemy issue by the Constitutional Convention, announcing that it had decided to hold a referendum on the issue.
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currently has a ban on all domain names it considers "offensive or contrary to public policy or generally accepted principles of morality". In particular, the domains
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to target certain mail, the small staff were unable to effect 100% censorship; however, continental European mail was all reviewed, as was all incoming and outbound
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received an 18 certificate in Ireland due to its themes of abortion and incest, although in other countries, such as the UK, the film received a 12 certificate.
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of being homophobic. The three parties collectively threaten RTÉ with libel action, and forced the broadcaster to remove the clip from the catch-up service the
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Survey on attitudes of Dublin Population to Section 31 of the Broadcasting Act, Niall Meehan, Jean Horgan, Dublin City University monograph, January 1987
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deleted references to "the unnatural prevention of conception" in the Censorship of Publications Act 1929 and the Censorship of Publications Act 1946.
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Envelope from Dublin to USA showing a bilingual Irish censor handstamp used 8 September 1939, just six days after the enabling legislation was enacted
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laws. They are also required to be objective and broadcast a range of political viewpoints. Television companies since 2005, voluntary have put a
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and by members of the public. Until the late 1980s a large number of (mainly foreign) newspaper and magazines were banned in Ireland including
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regularly prevents public commenters from commenting in ongoing court cases, as they may break the country's strict contempt of court laws.
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even if the subject was unrelated to the IRA campaign in Northern Ireland conflict. On one occasion that led to the interruption of a
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Under the Video Recordings Act 1989, works that are concerned with religion, music or sport may be exempt from classification, thus
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does not include an organisation or cult— (a) the principal object of which is the making of profit, or (b) that employs oppressive
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which easily spills over to Ireland, which enables many in the country to watch or listen many major British broadcasters like the
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Whilst still theoretically censorable, newspapers and magazines are free to publish anything which does not break Ireland's tough
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The State shall not impose any disabilities or make any discrimination on the ground of religious profession, belief or status."
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dealt with the preservation of the State in time of war and contained provisions relating to the censorship of communications,
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publications, a type which were once illegal due to a perceived risk of glorifying or encouraging criminal behaviour. In 2011,
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suggested that the blasphemy provision of the Defamation Act 2009 should be applied to any media outlet reproducing cartoons
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broadcasting rules regarding language and suitability when broadcasting on the radio. For example, in 2017 radio station
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which deals with film, video and occasionally computer games. All three bodies get their authority from the government’s
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Also in 1976, O'Brien attempted to extend censorship to newspaper coverage of the 'Troubles' by targeting in particular
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ran a late-night music programme, which quite often showed uncensored music videos containing large amounts of nudity.
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CC BY 4.0, the copyright does limit on the use of this footage, including a prohibition of its use in the context of
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A defendant's lawyer would argue the definition of "grossly", "thereby causing", "outrage" and "substantial number".
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The Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Act 2010 was passed by 78–71 in December 2010 in partial response to the
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for publishing telephone numbers for abortion clinics in the United Kingdom. On one occasion British newspaper
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may prohibit the sale and distribution of books and periodicals if they are found to be obscene. In the 1960s,
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in 9 August 1985. It wasn't overturned until the album was re-released by his record company in 2004.
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Items in the Index between 1600 and 1966 are listed in: JesĂşs MartĂ­nez de Bujanda, Marcella Richter;
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This article is about censorship in the Republic of Ireland. For censorship in Northern Ireland, see
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The judge would need to be satisfied the matter is "abusive and insulting" as distinct from opinion.
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given that the only legal broadcasting stations in Ireland were those operated by state broadcaster
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was filled in 2009 by a new offence of "publication or utterance of blasphemous matter", against
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was still, theoretically, banned when it ceased publication in 2011. Similarly, the news website
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which deals with written media like newspapers, magazines and books; the broadcasting regulator
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Judicial interpretation of "held sacred" and "any religion" could render the Act unenforceable.
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which can ban publications based on obscenity or indecency. The most notable ban was the novel
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from an afternoon programme's playlist due to the song's "drug references and cursing".
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In general, music is not censored in Ireland although broadcasters follow the ombudsman
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on its banning in 1942. Book bans were significantly reduced when the authority of the
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The military internees, British, German and a few of other nationalities, held in the
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religion, under the Defamation Act 2009, section 36. The law included the offence of
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Due to Ireland’s old conservative censorship laws on pornography and the country's
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in Northern Ireland, from 1968 to 1994, censorship was used principally to prevent
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which deals with electronic media like radio, television and the internet and 
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it was not applicable in Ireland and the controversy made the book a bestseller.
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didn't exist until the establishment of Utopia in February 1991 in the town of
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Ireland's Transition: The Postal History of the Transitional Period 1922–1925
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to extend the legislation to "vocal or other sounds" accompanying pictures.
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has been banned since 1935, and these publications can now be freely sold.
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the only Irish regulated broadcasters regularly showing music videos were
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for its coverage of the maltreatment of republican prisoners by the Garda
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contempt because he refused to identify a voice on a tape seized by the
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O'Neill commented in his opinion, that the religious think tank, the
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successfully appealed against the ban on five of their publications;
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Censorship in the country is primarily managed by three bodies; the
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The Troubles: Ireland's ordeal, 1966–1996, and the search for peace
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Pornography that includes any participants being beneath the Irish
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on 18 June 2007, over two weeks before its launch date of 6 July.
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s.36 could be held to be in breach of 44.2.1° of the Constitution
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Index

Section 31 of the Broadcasting Act
Censorship in the United Kingdom
a series
Censorship by country
A censorship symbol
Albania
Algeria
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Bhutan
Bolivia
Brazil
Cambodia
Canada
Chad
China
Hong Kong
overseas
Croatia
Cuba
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador

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