Publications on abortion coming off banned books list
Update of register to reflect legal position following repeal of Eighth Amendment
‘Vile’ banned book contained five sex acts on girl in first 77 pages, Ennis court told
Man admits having child abuse material after book found on bedside locker
Censorship board bans book for the first time since 1998
‘The Raped Little Runaway’ was deemed ‘indecent or obscene’ by regulatory body
Remembering ‘The Dark’: Fifty years on from the ‘McGahern affair’
The writer lost his teaching job when ‘The Dark’, which dealt with child abuse, was banned
New censorship board appointed to deal with Shatter book
Minister’s 1989 novel ‘Laura’ the only publication to be referred to board in past five years
Complaint against Shatter’s novel has to be dealt with before censorship board abolished
‘Amazing Detective Stories’ and ‘Daring Romances’ among 274 banned publications
Shatter’s steamy novel only book referred to censors in five years
‘Amazing Detective Stories’ and ‘Daring Romances’ among 274 still-banned publications
Conflict of interest concern spurs Shatter in censor move
Obscenity complaint lodged recently over novel Minister first published in 1989
Shatter novel prompts censorship reform
Minister for Justice made decision to avert possible conflict of interest, after complaints novel was ‘obscene’ and advocated abortion
Taoiseach’s stance on abortion legislation praised by Connemara cleric
Catholic hierarchy stance that of the ’idealist’
State’s first banned book to be published for first time in 80 years
Liam O’Flaherty’s novel a tale of gombeenism
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