You may have thought Irish jokes had been consigned to the unpleasant past, writes Suzanne Harrington.

The Garda decision not to prosecute Stephen Fry for blasphemy has been criticised by Atheist Ireland.

Ireland’s blasphemy laws are embarrassing and should be removed through a constitutional referendum, according to Health Minister Simon Harris.

Irrespective of whether the complaint that writer and broadcaster Stephen Fry might have committed blasphemy during his 2015 appearance on the RTÉ show The Meaning of Life With Gay Byrne is contrived or not, it shows that the Defamation Act 2009 is ridiculous. 

Looks like Hozier has followed in the footsteps of Stephen Fry and has given Gay Byrne a run for his money on the topic of religion.

And Stephen speaks some Irish.

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