Hate crime
Hate speech
Irish Traveller Senator criticises abandonment of hate speech law amid “disturbing rise in intolerance”
In a recent debate in the Seanad, Independent Senator Eileen Flynn, a member of the Traveller community, has called on the Irish government to take action to introduce hate crime and hate speech legislation, warning of the “dangerous and disturbing rise in intolerance, intimidation, and violence against minority communities”.