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Encyclopedia > Irish censorship law

The following legislation defines censorship law in the Republic of Ireland

  • Censorship of Publications Act, 1929
    • (which replaced previous British legislation)
  • Censorship of Publications Act, 1946
  • Censorship of Publications Act, 1967
  • Health (Family Planning) Act, 1979
  • The Regulation of Information (Services outsite the State for Termination of Pregnancies) Act, 1995
  • Censorship of Publications Regulations, 1980

External reference

  • List of regulations (http://www.justice.ie/802569AD005A6D62/vWeb/wpDANN4X6LR7)

  Results from FactBites:
 
Censorship: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com (342 words)
In ancient Rome, censorship was the office or function of a censor.
Censorship is the use of state power to control freedom of expression.
The purpose of censorship is to maintain the status quo, to control the development of a society, or to stifle dissent among a subject people.
Irish Censorship in context - Peter Martin (2702 words)
Irish censorship appears to modern eyes a perplexing relic of a past we prefer not to acknowledge.
His attitudes were representative of the Irish Catholic middle class of his day and he prohibited references to divorce, infidelity, nudity and where possible, vulgarity or blasphemy as he defined it.
Throughout the history of Irish censorship, a variety of pressure groups such as the Catholic Truth Society, the Irish Vigilance Association and the Knights of Columbanus organised submissions from their members.
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