Irish senators: Free speech in Ireland under threat | Full panel discussion 

Helen McEntee should be fired and charged for her incompetence and her hatred of the Irish people.

It's really not about hate speech, it's about the suppression of truth.

S. Harris and Helen Mc entee need to go for the better of the country

Silencing our voice and our democratic right to dissent...

Ireland us becomming backward and totalartarian under current government

That woman who the soldier beat up , was at the pride parade and wants the hate speech brought in. And some mayor in Ireland wants a statue put up of her, what about ashling murphy, wheres her statue, when her boyfriend spoke out he was hit with a mouthful of abuse from a certain crowd. What about the gay men in sligo where are their statues, and all the women that were beaten or murdered. Whats so special about her,, she is milking it.

Great admiration and appreciation for the speakers in this video for highlighting and speaking against this evil law

Good we fought for it long enough without throwing it away !

Do they think I have a right to tell people what they can say 🤣😅😂 never in Ireland 🇮🇪 ✊🇮🇪

We are voting in what we don't want, why is this?

Our Constitution should be protected ouf speech should be protected.

It’s Orwellian. Democracy is in severe danger.

Shows you just how crazy society and those in supposed power are that we are even having this conversation.

These people in government wer voted in by the people But thr sence of power has gone to thr head! Have they forgotten that it's the taxpayers pay them!

It should be called 'The shut up law'

Great debate 👏 And welcome the legend Andrew Doyle!

Awareness of what's happening is priceless, I think the streets have the answers, but it must be done with dignity, hate is just a word. 😮

Never let your voice go. Speak out we will hear you. That the way it has always been.

It is the UN requiring member countries to implement it. Canada is doing the same thing. Bill C 63 - Online harms bill. It will be interesting to see what happens in the USA. The UN requirements of the bill directly contravene their constitution.

Freedom to have a referendum on migration pack would have been the noble thing to do.?

The people not the government are the ones who decide freedom of speech.and parliament legislate its supposed to be democracy. Parliament exists by the will of the people. Not the other way round. Wake up people you call the shots.

Well done Ronan, Lorcan and Sharon and those who organised this discussion. It is very informative. Its a pity it wasn't aired before this legislation was passed. Ronan I didn't realize you were so witty. 😂

Like ever thing we will have no choice 😡

Wonderful woman we are lucky to have her ❤❤❤❤

RU-vid counts 21 comments? I count 6 comments, plus 2 replies. Why is RU-vid mathematically- challenged? Go back to school. If you are going to censor, remove the bad words - we can cope with the other parts of comments.

Helen Mcentee aka Cromwell's love child

So why do the people not get to have a vote on whether or not we get deprived of the right to speak our minds freely. Why is the EU allowed to govern us without being our elected representatives. How long is our Government going to kneel down and let EU /WEF representatives order us about. It's time the government grew a spine.

In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell

Lock McCuntee up with her new friends from Africa.

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Why would they want to restrict speech if they felt they were on the side of right

We the people do you remember who you are and who put you there We could have a lot of hate that you don't want words are spells

they say they have parliamentary privelege folks when did we give them that?

Thank you for this.

From my understanding the public are right behind you on this issue.

Are we in China , Cos i feel we are ,I dont want imagrants

Don’t let them shut you down,stick together,stand for no nonsense.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💪

Do not let them shut you up !!

Will the people who openly critacise the hate speech law later be punished by that law.

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"gagging law" 01/07/2024

❤❤❤❤free speech for all ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤love to all

Lobbied tds in relation to eu migration pact and it still was voted in

This man sure has the gift of the gab. He should definitely be allowed to speak freely, otherwise it would be a major loss.

Liberty or Death! I will stand shoulder to shoulder with the sons of Éireann to defend her dignity!

Very good keep it going

❤❤❤❤fantastic

Ireland 'Ted'!!🙄😂

We have never had it so good. So what's the problem

On the definitional problem. It beggers belief that any legal system would even draft legislation without defining the meaning of the words used. Blacks dictionary is published specifically because it is essential the legal profession has a statement about what is the meaning of a word at the time it is used.

No government will EVER tell me what I can & can’t say! Next….

I live in the north of Ireland, in the six counties , some people might say my description of where I live could constitute a hate crime as it doesn’t acknowledge the state of Northern Ireland and it’s loyal citizens but in all honesty there’s hardly a person living up here that wouldn’t fall foul of the Hate legislation as we are too comfortable with the sectarianism within our society . The thousands of Orange parades that take place annually with “ Blood and Thunder” bands robustly battering their bass drums as loud as they can playing tunes that harken back generations celebrating the battles the Protestants won over the Catholic population and the subsequent massacres that inevitably took place could easily be prosecuted under the Hate laws , if these parades celebrated the domination or defeat of Hindus, Jews or Muslims they would be stopped immediately and quite rightly too . The Catholic population of the north has been subjected to these intimidating, militaristic parades for many generations but because the participants are part of the establishment they are deemed acceptable, many political leaders and heads of industry actually take part . The sectarianism pervasive still within our society in the north is ignored while in the south you jail people for refusing to use the pronoun that certain individuals demand contrary to the accepted rules of grammar . Freedom of speech should always be protected , we can always agree to disagree , a problem arises though when speech is deliberately used to incite violence against an individual or individuals or to undermine their own fundamental rights within society including the right to be left alone .

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Return to the EEC

9:58 is my problem with the conversation about free speech. It doesn't seem to have allowances for hate crimes towards the majority. Surely, it should be a law to protect all, not just people who are considered minorities.

A pacifist....by physique 😂😂

McEntee….mm, blonde suits it.

Just throw it out go back to rights of people

Go raibh míle maith agaibh! Labhair amach i gconaí! Is maith lion do gruaig a Rónáin!

Misinformation and disinformation regulation has to apply to all media organisations ect ect

Useless palaver mostly. Only sensible thing I heard was ''Bin it!''

Well I hate cauliflower, does that mean I will offend someone that loves cauliflower, am I in trouble,if I hurt someone's feelings about cauliflower