ER Editor: Some completely colourless MSM reporting below via RTE. Some rapid and vehement Twitter response to the passing of AMENDMENTS to Ireland’s Criminal Justice Bill, which apparently seeks to deal with hate crimes involving … drumroll … GENDER. This is not new hate crime legislation per se.

Dáil Éireann translates as Assembly of Ireland and is the lower house and principal chamber of the Oireachtas or Irish legislature. Dáil has 160 members (source).

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As far as we are aware, Sinn Fein has been a globalist party and should have voted for this legislation last night. But it curiously changed its position with no indication as to why (source):

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín has accused Sinn Féin of “stealing my clothes” after Mary Lou McDonald’s party decided to oppose hate speech legislation. (Aontú is opposed to this legislation.)

The Hate Crime Bill passed in the Dáil just before 9pm on Wednesday, by 78 votes to 52, with no abstentions — a comfortable margin for the Government.

With the legislation passing through the house before the general election is called, Mr Tóibín took aim at his former party for their U-turn on the Hate Crime Bill.

Sinn Féin originally supported the Hate Crime Bill, including laws on hate speech, but changed its policy rapidly after the family and carers referendum.

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The Hate Crime Bill amendments were passed. They held the vote earlier than scheduled. 78 TDs voted in favour of the Bill and 50 against, out of 160 sitting TDs. The passing of this Bill is an incremental step towards tyranny. Next on their agenda is to implement ‘hate speech’… pic.twitter.com/unwJVaKHIT

— Lawyers For Justice Ireland (@LFJIreland) October 23, 2024

‘Gender’ is an inserted and contentious item —

The Hate Crime Bill passed last evening in Ireland refers explicitly in 3.2.(d) to “a gender other than male or female”.
The Bill refers to gender & sex characteristics separately in section 3, but simultaneously conflates gender & sex as per above, & describes an impossibility. pic.twitter.com/YP3oM4hLEU

— Deirdre (@intheWildHills) October 24, 2024

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

The hate crime bill has passed without certain aspects relating to hate speech.

However, it’s now illegal to misgender someone in Ireland. pic.twitter.com/3nhqcQadpe

— MichaeloKeeffe (@Mick_O_Keeffe) October 23, 2024

The Criminal Justice Hate Crime Bill has just been passed by Dail Eireann

This is a historic day for Ireland. This is the first government in the history of the State to decide that the level of justice a person is legally entitled to receive is dictated by their gender, their… pic.twitter.com/cGqlnLl7tR

— Tracey O’Mahony (@TraceyOMahony81) October 23, 2024

The Criminal Justice Hate Crime Bill has just been passed in the Dail.
This Bill undermines the right to free speech and the right to protest. There is no clear definitions of hate and gender.
Let’s name and shame these people ASAP, and get them out of office come election time. pic.twitter.com/QCNvPO070v

— IrishInquiry (@IrishInquiry) October 23, 2024

A circular definition of “hate” and special treatment for those of “protected characteristics” in the new Irish hate crime bill.

Unnecessary laws with loose language that can be used against those who implemented them when the time comes. #BinTheBill pic.twitter.com/M3TU8irQDL

— Real News Eire (@real_eire) October 23, 2024

This tweet indicates the complexity of working out precisely the impacts of what has been voted, but certainly offences against certain ‘protected’ people will merit harsher punishments —

1/5 The Irish government voted on Hate Offences. They added amendmens to other acts linked them to this such as: 1) Safety of UN workers pic.twitter.com/cfJepxNuA4

— Irish Statistics (@jimbobfrazzled) October 24, 2024

Enoch Burke will naturally be outraged, who got fired from his high school and subsequently jailed over the multiple genders ideology —

BREAKING: Grandson of Éamon de Valera votes “multiple genders” into law on night of shame in Dáil Éireann.

Irish politicians fled from scrutiny as they left Government buildings.

The Hate Crime Bill with its radical new definition of gender (multiple genders, other than male or… pic.twitter.com/DfS4jfpttv

— Enoch Burke (@EnochBurke) October 23, 2024

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Press release by the Irish government:

Minister McEntee welcomes passing of hate crime legislation by Oireachtas

Dáil passes hate crime legislation

RTE

The Dáil has this evening passed the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill.

It was voted though by a majority of 78 to 52.

The Bill was voted through by a vote of 78 to 52

Last September, Justice Minister Helen McEntee confirmed she was not moving ahead with plans to introduce new hate speech laws but would press ahead with the hate crime element.

She said she was proceeding in this fashion because “the incitement to hatred element [of the bill] does not have a consensus.”

Tonight in the Dáil, she said Ireland was one of the last countries to introduce hate crime legislation.

She added that no other jurisdiction which had brought in such laws had defined hatred.

Minister McEntee was replying to Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy who said that simple and clear definitions were required.

Some opposition politicians expressed total opposition to the revised Bill, including deputy Mattie McGrath who called it a half-baked vanity project.

It was also opposed by Independent Danny Healy Rae and Peader Tóibín of Aontú.

Labour TD Brendan Howlin said that the Minister had used powerful words regarding the protection of vulnerable people.

However, he said the protections she spoke of were not reflected in the amendments which were being debated.

Concluding, Minister McEntee said she “absolutely believes” that the Dáil will in the future have to consider introducing hate speech laws.

Source

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