The hate crime bill could end up criminalising people because of ill-considered abusive comments made at the time of an offence, when in fact hatred did not motivate their offence; also the ‘other genders’ part of the bill needs revisiting

It could have been a lot worse’: Justice Minister praises Garda response to Stoneybatter attacks
The Justice Minister also said he knows one of the victims.MINISTER FOR JUSTICE Jim O’Callaghan has commended the gardaí who responded to what he called “an awful, random attack” in...
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