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The Republic of Ireland is somewhat unusual in that it does not have a hate crimes law. Ireland does have the Prohibition of Incitement To Hatred Act 1989, which prohibits incitement to hatred but that law is difficult to enforce. It is unclear if there have been any successful convictions under the 1989 Act.
In October 2024, a bill was passed and enacted into an Act - to implement board-based hate crime laws that explicitly included “sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics”. [26] Ireland has implemented the “toughest and broadest legislation within Europe” in force since December 31, 2024 on hate crimes.
The Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill known as the "Hate Crime Bill", prohibiting hate speech or incitement to hate crimes based on protected characteristics, is in its Third Stage at the Seanad, Ireland's upper house, as of June 2023 and the Irish Times reports it is likely to become law in late 2023.
31 December – Hate crime legislation came into effect when the minister for justice Helen McEntee signed the commencement order for the Criminal Justice (Hate Offences) Act 2024. Ireland was one of the last countries in the European Union to enact such law. The Act joined the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989 which penalised hate ...
The Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill known as the "Hate Crime Bill", prohibiting hate speech or incitement to hate crimes based on protected characteristics, is in its Third Stage at the Seanad, Ireland's upper house, as of June 2023 and the Irish Times reports it is likely to become law in late 2023.
Under existing state law, hate crimes occur when a person “malicious and intentionally” commits a variety of acts, including assault and destruction of property, due to a person’s perceived ...
Alongside a number of other organisations they called for the introduction of hate crime legislation as recommended by the UN in 2019. [6] One of their projects was the creation of a smartphone application for the reporting of incidents of racial abuse or discrimination, iReport.ie, which was launched in 2013. [ 7 ]
Generally speaking, if you mention “marches” in a Northern Irish context, most people will think of the annual Orange Order parades on 12 July to commemorate the Battle of the Boyne.