The Justice Minister says Ireland's blasphemy laws are damaging to our reputation internationally.

It is hard to see the point of voting to remove the word “blasphemous” from the constitutional article on decorum in public life.

This Friday, voters will be asked if they want to delete the reference to blasphemy in the Constitution and thereby decriminalise it.

Retaining the word ‘blasphemy’ in our constitution would send out a very negative message to the international community.

In four days, we will elect a president though opinion polls insist that Friday’s vote will be no more than a re-election.

A yes vote removes from the Constitution the criminalisation of irreverence and expresses support for persecuted people around the world, says Liam Herrick The current referendum on blasphemy presents us with a simple choice.

We should consider the irony of booting blasphemy out of the door while legitimising even more draconian curtailments of speech, writes Margaret Hickey.