In my previous two posts (here and here), I considered whether the standards of indecency, obscenity, sexual immorality, unnatural vice, corruption, and depravity – in section 2 of the Censorship of Publications Act, 1929 and section 1,
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Indecency, obscenity, immorality, vice, depravity, corruption: unconstitutional uncertainty and the Censorship of Publications Acts – Part 1 (general principles)
Indecency, obscenity immorality, vice, depravity, corruption – it almost seems like a formula for a good party, or a line from Tom Lehrer‘s march for Smut. But, in fact, these six words are the foundations of the Censorship
Irish Family Planning Association v Ryan and the Censorship of Publications Acts – the judgments
Irish Family Planning Association v Ryan and the Censorship of Publications Acts – some background
I began my previous post by saying that Melton Enterprises Ltd v Censorship of Publications Board [2003] 3 IR 623, [2004] 1 ILRM 260, [2003] IESC 55 (4 November 2003), is the only case (so far as I know) in
Melton Enterprises Ltd v Censorship of Publications Board and the Censorship of Publications Acts
The Censorship of Publications Acts, 1929, 1946, and 1967 were introduced to deal with the menace of evil literature (lampooned by Gordon Brewster in the adjacent 1928 cartoon). Melton Enterprises Ltd v Censorship of Publications Board [2003] 3
Three reasons why repeal of the Censorship of Publications Acts is – sadly – not imminent
This morning, TheJournal.ie has the following interesting article by Concubhar Ó Liatháin:
Couple whose book was banned celebrated as censorship legislation is on the way to repeal
Artists gathered in the Cork Gaeltacht at the weekend to remember a hero
Ireland’s EU relationship – a reply to Eoin Drea on Niamh Sweeney and the DPC
I have a letter to the Editor in yesterday’s Irish Times (with a few added links):
Sir, – Eoin Drea‘s article on Ireland’s EU presidency provides many examples of “an Ireland that is totally directionless on EU affairs”. At
Art Detectives, Vermeer forgeries, and the slaveship Zong
A new addition to tv’s cozy crime genre is Art Detectives (Back Dog Television, for Acorn TV; shown in Ireland and the UK on U&Drama; also available on PrimeVideo).
It stars Stephen Moyer (imdb
Michael McDowell rebukes social media platforms for online defamation; but he still has an opportunity to do something about it – updated
Last week, in his column in the Irish Times, Michael McDowell (pictured right) took social media platforms to task for shirking their responsibilities on defamation. His analysis of the legal issues was, uncharacteristically, incomplete. Even so, he has a