[jimlongton]

2. The majority of the public do not want these laws. There is a lingering distrust of such things due to the decades long heavy hand of the church on Irish life. There is also no epidemic of 'hate speech' or any such extreme situation warranting them. Individual instances of opposition to immigration for example (which is causing serious issues with hotel and student accommodation at the moment) are so rare that the make national headlines for days or weeks. These laws are a solution in search of a problem. Unfortunately these "lawmakers" are rushing to sacrifice the rights of citizens for a quick PR win.

[cjs_ac]

I suspected that this was the case; your six sentences provide a much better case against the bill than the twelve paragraphs in the article.