See section 5 of that bill… which says that if you are accused of an offence under sections 3 or 4, *and found innocent*, you can still be required to publicly apologise for what you’ve been found innocent of.
And the AG supposedly signed off on this as constitutional.
I mean, where do you start with nonsense like that?
Can we get a competency requirement before people are allowed to propose laws the rest of us have to follow?
Lorraine Higgins….. another FG non-elected mouth-muppet if ever there was one… not sure which one is the bigger plonker in fairness.
*mouth-muppet – one who speaks without engaging any brain cells, that is, thinking.
Kieran NYC
While I do think that online harassment needs to be better regulated, and that what people would get arrested for on the street is unpoliced online, I have no faith at all in these two gowls* getting the law right.
So will pointing out the incredibly idiotic things Fidelma says on Twitter become a crime now?
She may class it as bullying… so yeah, probably.
Two feckin’ morons, going by that bill.
The Helen Lovejoy shrine is a nice touch! Bravo, Sir!
Ha ha ha didn’t spot that myself :D
Yep, love it.
Good work Flavo.
Higgins isn’t even elected. She shouldn’t have been allowed to table this in the first place.
Won’t somebody please think of the children ………………………..and the unelected officials with no useful skills or expertise stuffed into the Seanad.
Good job Mick!
See section 5 of that bill… which says that if you are accused of an offence under sections 3 or 4, *and found innocent*, you can still be required to publicly apologise for what you’ve been found innocent of.
And the AG supposedly signed off on this as constitutional.
I mean, where do you start with nonsense like that?
Can we get a competency requirement before people are allowed to propose laws the rest of us have to follow?
Lorraine Higgins….. another FG non-elected mouth-muppet if ever there was one… not sure which one is the bigger plonker in fairness.
*mouth-muppet – one who speaks without engaging any brain cells, that is, thinking.
While I do think that online harassment needs to be better regulated, and that what people would get arrested for on the street is unpoliced online, I have no faith at all in these two gowls* getting the law right.
*puts out hands to be cuffed.