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In October 1937, a young man and a woman were seen kissing in public in Blackrock, Co Louth. For the local judge, District Justice Goff, it was an opportunity to apply a recently introduced piece of legislation. Section 18 of the updated 1935 Criminal Law Amendment Act provided Goff with an opportunity to police social activity.

The law was strict but also open to interpretation: Every person who shall commit, at or near and in sight of any place along which the public habitually pass as of right or by permission, any act in such a way as to offend modesty or cause scandal or injure the morals of the community shall be guilty…

Headline: Boy and Girl Kiss in Public and Free State Sentences Her to Jail

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submitted 6 months ago by roastpotatothief@lemmy.ml to c/ireland@lemmy.ml

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This is the moment a man who appeared in court naked and highly agitated over his missing emotional support cat was reunited with his beloved feline.

Joseph Davis (51) declared himself “the happiest man in the world” after the Sunday World drove him across the city to be reunited with his much-loved pet Oliver.

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Ireland and Spain have reiterated their intention to forge an alliance of countries that will soon recognise Palestine as a nation state.... Recognition of Palestinian statehood “is coming much closer”, Harris told a joint press conference. Ireland would move with Spain and other countries “when the time is right”, he said, without giving a timeline or naming the other countries. "When we move forward, we would like to do so with as many others as possible to lend weight to the decision and to send the strongest message."

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