Charlie Flanagan canvasses for Yes vote in blasphemy referendum

The Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan has said the offence of blasphemy in our constitution is damaging our reputation.

Charlie Flanagan canvasses for Yes vote in blasphemy referendum

The Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan has said the offence of blasphemy in our constitution is damaging our reputation.

Publishing or saying something against religion or the church is currently an offence in Irish law, yet the last criminal prosecution for blasphemy was in 1855.

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