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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Pat Flanagan

Minister Helen McEntee says you will still be free to offend others under new hate speech laws

The controversial new anti-hate speech laws will not take away the right to offend others, the Justice Minister claimed yesterday.

Helen McEntee also said that someone who offends another person by misgendering them would not face criminalisation under the new Bill.

But it is still not clear how it will be decided what amounts to hate as there is no definition in the new legislation which means the public might not be aware they are committing a crime.

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