Comments on: The Picture of Brian Cowen http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2009/03/26/the-picture-of-brian-cowen/ 12 City Gate, Lower Bridge St, Dublin 8, Ireland. Ph:01 6351580 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:07:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: cearta.ie » Cowengate: Pictures at an exhibition http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2009/03/26/the-picture-of-brian-cowen/comment-page-1/#comment-3664 cearta.ie » Cowengate: Pictures at an exhibition Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:31:34 +0000 http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/?p=485#comment-3664 [...] Mail Online | Maman Poulet here, here, here, here, here and here | McGarr Solicitors | Media Lens Message Board here and here | [...] [...] Mail Online | Maman Poulet here, here, here, here, here and here | McGarr Solicitors | Media Lens Message Board here and here | [...]

]]> By: Cowen Portraits, or “PictureGate” | Keith @ Granite Shavings http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2009/03/26/the-picture-of-brian-cowen/comment-page-1/#comment-3663 Cowen Portraits, or “PictureGate” | Keith @ Granite Shavings Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:57:20 +0000 http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/?p=485#comment-3663 [...] got around to throwing my oar in on the Cowen portraits saga (or #picturegate, as it’s become [...] [...] got around to throwing my oar in on the Cowen portraits saga (or #picturegate, as it’s become [...]

]]> By: An Fear Bolg http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2009/03/26/the-picture-of-brian-cowen/comment-page-1/#comment-3662 An Fear Bolg Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:42:24 +0000 http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/?p=485#comment-3662 One of the "charges" suggested by the Gardaí was incitement to hatred. Definition of "hatred" in Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act is "hatred against a group of persons in the State or elsewhere on account of their race, colour, nationality, religion, ethnic or national origins, membership of the travelling community or sexual orientation". BC is not a group of persons, and the grounds of hatred are not covered in the defintion. The Gardaí must have known this. Therefore, were they being disingenuous and just trying to scare Today FM, or were they relying on some other or common law incitement definition? One of the “charges” suggested by the Gardaí was incitement to hatred.

Definition of “hatred” in Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act is “hatred against a group of persons in the State or elsewhere on account of their race, colour, nationality, religion, ethnic or national origins, membership of the travelling community or sexual orientation”.

BC is not a group of persons, and the grounds of hatred are not covered in the defintion. The Gardaí must have known this.

Therefore, were they being disingenuous and just trying to scare Today FM, or were they relying on some other or common law incitement definition?

]]> By: cearta.ie » Cowengate and Freedom of Expression http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2009/03/26/the-picture-of-brian-cowen/comment-page-1/#comment-3661 cearta.ie » Cowengate and Freedom of Expression Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:40:07 +0000 http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/?p=485#comment-3661 [...] tendency to deprave and corrupt (R v Hicklin (1868) LR 3 QB 360). [I leave aside questions of civil defamation or other similar claims, as they would not implicate criminal investigation and/or prosecution]. [...] [...] tendency to deprave and corrupt (R v Hicklin (1868) LR 3 QB 360). [I leave aside questions of civil defamation or other similar claims, as they would not implicate criminal investigation and/or prosecution]. [...]

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