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Irish law and EU proscription of terrorist organisations.

  • 21-09-2024 5:50pm
    #1
    political analyst
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    I've heard of incidents in Dublin recently in which the flags of Hamas and the PFLP, which are terrorist organisations proscribed by the EU, were shown openly by pro-Palestine protesters.

    Is it possible to prosecute for the flying of those flags in this country under Irish law?



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  • #2
    Peregrinus
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058369919/irish-law-and-eu-proscription-of-terrorist-organisations

    No. There are no laws in Ireland prohibiting the flying of any flags. The only flag that attracts any legal regulation at all is the national flag, and event the legal rules around the national flag are not enforced by any penalties.

    (Plus, for the record, SFAIK Hamas doesn't have an officially-adopted flag — it has adopted other symbols, but not a flag. Hamas supporters will sometimes display a green flag with the shahada on it in white, but that flag symbolises either Islam or Islamism, and is also used in contexts which have nothing to do with Hamas.)



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