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In Ireland, the state retains laws that allow for censorship, including specific laws covering films, advertisements, newspapers and magazines, as well as terrorism and pornography, among others. In the early years of the state, censorship was more widely enforced, particularly in areas that were perceived to be in contradiction of Catholic dogma, including abortion, sexuality and homosexuality. The church had banned many books and theories for centuries, listed in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum.[1]
- ^ Items in the Index between 1600 and 1966 are listed in: Jesús Martínez de Bujanda, Marcella Richter; Index des livres interdits, Librairie Droz, 2002