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In 2010, it was announced that, as the last book had been banned in 1998, no books were currently banned in Ireland as the 12-year limitation had run out on all existing bans. [8] In March 2016, the Irish Censorship board issued its first ban in 18 years. The book The Raped Little Runaway by Jean Martin was deemed "indecent or obscene" by the ...
The Committee on Evil Literature was a committee set up by the Irish Free State's Department of Justice in 1926 to look into censorship of printed matter.. After independence in 1922, the authorities of the Irish Free State came under increasing pressure to ban materials considered obscene or liable to corrupt public morals.
After the book was banned, three priests forced Buckley to go on his knees and burn the book in his own fireplace. [9] In November 1942 there was an important debate about the censorship system in the Oireachtas. Sir John Keane moved that the Censorship Board be reconstituted. Three banned publications in particular were debated.
A “xenophobic” portrayal of a rural Irish family in a children’s schoolbook sparked outrage, with one congresswoman asking for its removal from classrooms Image credits: Gript
Banned in the Irish Free State. [166] I Knock at the Door: Seán O'Casey: 1939 Autobiography Banned in Ireland. [169] Dutch Interior: Frank O'Connor: 1940 Novel Banned in Ireland. [169] The Tailor and Ansty: Eric Cross: 1942 Non-fiction Banned by the Irish censors for discussing sexuality in rural Ireland. [170] Borstal Boy: Brendan Behan: 1958 ...
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Until the late 1980s a large number of (mainly foreign) newspaper and magazines were banned in Ireland including Playboy [5] and the News of the World. [6] Playboy's ban was lifted in 1995, [7] while on the other hand the British edition of the News of the World was still, theoretically, banned when it ceased publication in 2011. [8]
3. Zebra Cakes. Zebra Cakes are weak. I said what I said. They're plain. They're dry. And the "chocolate" icing posing as zebra stripes doesn't even taste like chocolate.