‘We Need To Be Able To Use Laws To Go After Them’: Irish PM Pushes For New Hate Speech Legislation Following Riots

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Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar called for new CCTV and hate legislation stating that they are “not up to date,” following the riots over fatal stabbings in Dublin. 

Varadkar spoke in the Dublin Castle Friday, just a day after riots broke out in response to numerous people being stabbed outside of a Dublin primary school. While the name of the person behind the attack was not released, rumors online claimed that it was an Algerian immigrant which sparked the chaotic events, according to The New York Times. (RELATED: Tensions Rise After Multiple Children Stabbed In Attack Outside Irish Elementary School: REPORTS)

In response to the riots the Irish prime minister said that he will be seeking to “pass new laws” regarding both hate legislation as well as rolling in new legislation surrounding the use of CCTV. Both issues were highlighted by the prime minister as methods…

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