Ireland votes to oust 'medieval' blasphemy law - The Guardian

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Ireland votes to oust 'medieval' blasphemy law The Guardian Campaigners in Ireland celebrated the end of a “medieval” ban on blasphemy on Saturday, after voters overwhelmingly supported a referendum to remove the offence from the constitution. Almost 65% of voters supported the move – a total of 951,650 people ... 'Hope over fear' Michael D Higgins hails re-election as vote against division and fearExpress.co.uk Higgins re-elected as Ireland's presidentFinancial Times Constituency counts pour in as countdown to referendum result beginsIndependent.ie BBC News -Wall Street Journal -SBS -RTE.ie all 803 news articles »

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