The week of Halloween – but there was quite a lot of real news as well…

Ireland votes to abolish the offence of blasphemy

The result of the Irish referendum on the abolition of the offence of blasphemy was announced late on Saturday night, 27 October – which is why we missed it in last week’s round-up. As predicted by the exit polls, 64.85 per cent voted “Yes” to decriminalise blasphemy, while 35.15 per cent voted “No”. Continue reading →