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Sat 02 Feb 2006Acting in the name of decency may come to naught
The chances of a successful prosecution for blasphemy in the Irish courts are slim, writes Carol Coulter, Legal Affairs Correspondent
While the Constitution and the law in Ireland prohibit blasphemy, the only attempt to mount such a prosecution in the State's history ended in failure.
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