{"id":52248,"date":"2024-06-18T11:28:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T10:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=52248"},"modified":"2024-06-18T15:59:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T14:59:27","slug":"1-in-4-irish-worried-about-losing-right-to-free-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/1-in-4-irish-worried-about-losing-right-to-free-speech","title":{"rendered":"One in four Irish worried about losing right to free speech\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"52248\" class=\"elementor elementor-52248\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3837fa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3837fa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-302d1916\" data-id=\"302d1916\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73ffec55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73ffec55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">New polling reveals a quarter of Irish people feel they can\u2019t speak freely in social settings, like in a pub<\/span><\/b><\/li><li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Global free speech champions to take the stage in Dublin at \u201cIreland Free Speech Summit\u201d, voicing concerns about proposed \u201chate speech\u201d bill<\/span><\/b><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31f34c81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"31f34c81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Free-Speech-Dublin-1-1024x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-52254\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Free-Speech-Dublin-1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Free-Speech-Dublin-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Free-Speech-Dublin-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Free-Speech-Dublin-1-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Free-Speech-Dublin-1.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e138582 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e138582\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">DUBLIN (18th June 2024) <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211; New national polling commissioned by ADF International reveals a deep-seated concern amongst the Irish for the erosion of <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/our-focus\/freedom-of-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free speech<\/a>, with a quarter revealing they already feel restricted in expressing their views and opinions in social settings like a pub, or in their place of work or study. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the survey, conducted by Whitestone Insight*, 90% confirmed that free speech was \u201cvery important\u201d to them \u2013 while the Irish parliament debates new and wide-ranging \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/commentary\/irish-hate-speech-bill-censorship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hate speech<\/a>\u201d legislation, with egregious implications for the basic human right to free speech.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The proposed \u201chate speech\u201d legislation would be one of the worst examples of censorship in the modern West. <\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The bill proports to stamp out \u2018hate speech,\u2019 but fails to define what \u2018hate\u2019\u201d is &#8211; allowing authorities to censor any speech the state opposes.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">That\u2019s why voices from around the world are arriving in Dublin this week to speak up for the right to debate and discuss ideas \u2013 here, and everywhere,\u201d <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">said Lorcan Price, Irish Barrister and Legal Counsel for ADF International, and speaker about the implications of the bill at the Ireland Free Speech Summit.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The most censorial proposal in the West<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The proposed Hate Speech Bill would make it <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">an offence to possess (for distribution) material that could lead to hatred in Ireland, with punishment of up to 5 years in prison. I<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">t would further make refusal to give a password to an electronic device a crime, which would allow authorities to search and possibly find materials that are \u201chateful\u201d.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At the 2024 Free Speech Summit scheduled to take place in Dublin on 18<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> June, international free speech champions will gather with politicians to highlight the issues at stake under the bill. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe world is watching Ireland. The censorial &#8222;hate speech\u00a0bill&#8220;, if passed, would not only shut down conversation nationally &#8211; as the home of various international social media headquarters, it would have a worldwide impact on what we can all discuss online, throughout the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8222;A sweeping ban on undefined &#8222;hate&#8220; gives authorities the power to determine which viewpoints are acceptable to voice. History warns us that such power can be easily abused. The Summit is drawing together voices from across the globe to stand up for the rights of people everywhere to continue to have free, fair and open conversation,&#8220; <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">said Michael Shellenberger, international bestselling author and journalist, who is billed to speak at the Summit.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-5916e0c-word-spacing );\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56d65d7f elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"56d65d7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #AF272F\">\u201cThe world is watching Ireland. The censorial 'hate speech bill', if passed, would not only shut down conversation nationally...<\/span>it would have a worldwide impact on what we can all discuss online.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">- Michael Shellenberger, international journalist &amp; author, and speaker at the Dublin Free Speech Summit<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-126998f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"126998f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Organised by Free Speech Ireland with support from ADF International, the event will bring together Irish and international free speech activists to discuss the importance of free expression in Ireland \u2013 and further afield.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Independent Senators R\u00f3n\u00e1n Mullen and Sharon Keogan are expected to take the stage, as well as leading academics including Cambridge Associate Professor Dr. James Orr.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Also on the bill are cleric and broadcaster Fr Calvin Robinson; feminist campaigner Laoise de Br\u00fan; psychotherapist and Director of GenSpect, Stella O\u2019Malley; international bestselling authors Michael Shellenberger and Andy Ngo; and \u201cFather Ted\u201d Screenwriter Graham Linehan. \u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8222;The Summit is the very epitome of why we need free speech. We&#8217;re all coming together with different viewpoints, beliefs, and perspectives &#8211; but we agree on one thing. We should be allowed to freely discuss and debate ideas in Ireland. Our free speech must not be curtailed by a censorial government. It&#8217;s essential that the parliament consider the draconian impact that the hate speech bill could have on Irish society &#8211; and keep the public square open for all,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">said Graham Linehan, screenwriter of \u201cFather Ted\u201d, who is billed to speak at the Summit.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For more information on the Ireland Free Speech Summit,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.freespeechsummit.com\/events\/freespeechireland1\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">click here.<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><strong>*Methodology note<\/strong>: Whitestone Insight surveyed 1,027 Republic of Ireland adults online from 15th-20th March 2024. Whitestone Insight is a member of the British Polling Council and abides by its rules. 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