Irish Constitution Committee recommends removal of blasphemy and sedition references in constitution

As reported in the Irish Times, the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Constitution has published a report on freedom of expression in which it recommends that constitutional references to blasphemy and sedition as a restriction on free speech should be removed. Good stuff. Unfortunately, the chair of the Committee said, "given the development in case law and the jurisprudence which has emerged on freedom of expression since 1996, the Committee is of the view that amendment is not immediately necessary but recommends that change be made when an appropriate opportunity presents." So that will probably take a while.