The Censorship of Publications Board was established in 1929 (pursuant to section 3 of the Censorship of Publications Act, 1929). It has the power to prohibit the publication of indecency, obscenity, immorality, vice, depravity, and corruption (pursuant to section 2 of the 1929 Act, and section 1, section 7(a), and section 9(1)(a),
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Indecency, obscenity, immorality, vice, depravity, corruption: the chilling effect of the Censorship of Publications Acts – Part 1 (general principles)
In my previous two posts (here and here), I considered whether the standards of indecency, obscenity, sexual immorality, unnatural vice, corruption, and depravity – in section 2 of the Censorship of Publications Act, 1929 and section 1, section 7(a), and section 9(1)(a), of the Censorship of Publications Act, 1946 –
Indecency, obscenity, immorality, vice, depravity, corruption: unconstitutional uncertainty and the Censorship of Publications Acts – Part 2 (censoring under conditions of uncertainty)
In my previous post, we saw that section 2 of the Censorship of Publications Act, 1929 and section 1, section 7(a), and section 9(1)(a), of the Censorship of Publications Act, 1946, are directed against indecency, obscenity, sexual immorality, unnatural vice, corruption, and depravity. These are capricious words and fickle concepts, and
Indecency, obscenity, immorality, vice, depravity, corruption: unconstitutional uncertainty and the Censorship of Publications Acts – Part 1 (general principles)
Indecency, obscenity immorality, vice, depravity, corruption – it almost seems like a formula for a good party, or a line from Tom Lehrer‘s march for Smut. But, in fact, these six words are the foundations of the Censorship of Publications regime in Ireland, established pursuant to the Censorship of Publications Acts, 1929,
Irish Family Planning Association v Ryan and the Censorship of Publications Acts – the judgments
This is the fourth post in my ongoing (and expanding) series about the Censorship of Publications Acts, 1929, 1946, and 1967 (on which, see Brad Kent Censorship and the Irish Writer. Politics, Polemics, and the International Dialectic (University of Toronto Press, 2026) [hereafter: Kent]). In my previous post, I looked
Irish Family Planning Association v Ryan and the Censorship of Publications Acts – some background
I began my previous post by saying that Melton Enterprises Ltd v Censorship of Publications Board [2003] 3 IR 623, [2004] 1 ILRM 260, [2003] IESC 55 (4 November 2003), is the only case (so far as I know) in which the superior courts have considered any aspects of the Censorship of Publications Acts, 1929
Melton Enterprises Ltd v Censorship of Publications Board and the Censorship of Publications Acts
The Censorship of Publications Acts, 1929, 1946, and 1967 were introduced to deal with the menace of evil literature (lampooned by Gordon Brewster in the adjacent 1928 cartoon). Melton Enterprises Ltd v Censorship of Publications Board [2003] 3 IR 623, [2004] 1 ILRM 260, [2003] IESC 55 (4 November 2003), is the only
Three reasons why repeal of the Censorship of Publications Acts is – sadly – not imminent
This morning, TheJournal.ie has the following interesting article by Concubhar Ó Liatháin:
Couple whose book was banned celebrated as censorship legislation is on the way to repeal
Artists gathered in the Cork Gaeltacht at the weekend to remember a hero in the battle against censorship and call for a day dedicated to freedom of expression
Ireland’s EU relationship – a reply to Eoin Drea on Niamh Sweeney and the DPC
I have a letter to the Editor in yesterday’s Irish Times (with a few added links):
Sir, – Eoin Drea‘s article on Ireland’s EU presidency provides many examples of “an Ireland that is totally directionless on EU affairs”. At least two are baseless.
First, he argues that Brussels sees Ireland as doubling down on
Art Detectives, Vermeer forgeries, and the slaveship Zong
A new addition to tv’s cozy crime genre is Art Detectives (Back Dog Television, for Acorn TV; shown in Ireland and the UK on U&Drama; also available on PrimeVideo).
It stars Stephen Moyer (imdb | wikipedia) as DI Mick Palmer of the Heritage Crime Unit, and Nina Singh