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Fri 03 Mar 2010Now not the time for referendum on blasphemy, says Ahern
THERE WERE no plans in “the immediate future” for a referendum deleting the constitutional prohibition on blasphemy, Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern told the Dáil.
Mr Ahern said that he remained of the view that, on the grounds of cost, a referendum on blasphemy should not be held on its own. It should be run, possibly together with one or more referendums.
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