Laws against ‘hate speech’ muzzles freedom of expression

Further laws against ‘hate speech’ to enforce a common ‘decency’ are more about muzzling freedom of expression than protecting the vulnerable, writes Margaret Hickey.

THERE wasn’t any media storm earlier this month when the country had its own Charlie Hebdomoment as the Director of Public Prosecutions announced that no proceedings would be brought against journalist Brenda Power following complaints about a Daily Mail article she wrote in 2014 on the prevalence of feuding and violence among the Traveller community.