Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has confirmed she is not pushing ahead with the introduction of new hate speech laws, as revealed in The Irish Times

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Constituents have labelled proposed hate speech legislation "authoritarian" and complained to TDs that it will make Ireland a "police state"

Calls for hate speech legislation to be scrapped are unnecessary, while definitions in the Bill can be tightened, according to Fianna Fáil senator Malcom Byrne

Sinn Féin has denied claims of a U-turn on the Government's proposed hate speech legislation

Elon Musk has said his social media platform X, formerly Twitter, will fund Irish legal challenges to hate speech legislation