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<p>Munster took on a South Africa Select XV at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in November 2022, and Cork's home of GAA will be used for another rugby game in 2024. Picture: Ben Brady/Inpho </p>

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<p>Tánaiste Micheál Martin laying flowers at the Memory Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine in Kyiv, while there to participate in a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council. Picture: Irish Embassy in Kyiv</p>

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Irish Examiner view: Different standards of free speech 
Is freedom of speech only applied to journalists?
Is freedom of speech only applied to journalists?

As I read Suzanne Harrington&rsquo;s article on Monday&rsquo;s Irish Examiner the above question kept ringing in my ears.&nbsp;

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