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Freedom of speech is protected by Article 40.6.1 of the Irish constitution, which says "The right of the citizens to express freely their convictions and opinions".However the article qualifies this right, providing that it may not be used to undermine "public order or morality or the authority of the State".
United Ireland: Article 2, as substituted after the Good Friday Agreement, asserts that "every person born in the island of Ireland" has the right "to be part of the Irish Nation"; however, Article 9.2 now limits this to persons having at least one parent as an Irish citizen. Article 3 declares that it is the "firm will of the Irish Nation" to ...
Article 40.6.1° (i) of the 1937 Constitution of Ireland guaranteed the right to freedom of expression, subject to several constraints, among them: [35] The publication or utterance of seditious or indecent matter is an offence which shall be punishable in accordance with law.
Indonesia – Article 28E(3) of the Constitution of Indonesia; Ireland – Article 40.6.1° of the Constitution, as enumerated under the heading "Fundamental Rights" [5] [6] Italy – Article 17 of the Constitution [7] Japan – Article 21 of the Constitution of Japan; Macau Basic Law - Article 27; Malaysia – Article 10 of the Constitution of ...
Freedom of speech is protected by Article 40.6.1 of the Irish constitution. However the article qualifies this right, providing that it may not be used to undermine "public order or morality or the authority of the State". Furthermore, the constitution explicitly requires that the publication of "seditious, or indecent matter" be a criminal ...
In Article 44.1 of the constitution as originally enacted, the state recognised "the special position of the Holy Catholic Apostolic and Roman Church as the guardian of the Faith professed by the great majority of the citizens"; and "also recognise[d] the Church of Ireland, the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, the Methodist Church in Ireland ...
The Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty of Lisbon) Act 2009 (previously bill no. 49 of 2009) is an amendment of the Constitution of Ireland which permitted the state to ratify the Treaty of Lisbon of the European Union. It was approved by referendum on 2 October 2009 (sometimes known as the second Lisbon referendum).
The British Offences Against the Person Act 1861, which made "unlawful procurement of a miscarriage" a crime, remained in force after Irish independence in 1922.The Eighth Amendment of the Constitution adopted in 1983, which declares "the right to life of the unborn ... equal [to the] right to life of the mother", was instigated by the Pro-Life Amendment Campaign for fear that the 1861 ...