Back in June, the Gardaí reported that there had been 93 incidents of ‘assault’ recorded which involved intentionally spitting or coughing at a Garda member. It is little wonder then that a survey of garda rank and file members found that 87% welcomed the introduction of so called ‘spit hoods’ as an additional layer […]
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties is not as uniformly committed to civil liberties as its name suggests. For example, it is, actually, firmly in favour of restricting your civil liberty to speak your mind on a range of controversial subjects with so-called “hate speech” laws. It does not think, for example, that somebody should […]