Homophobic slurs and a violent assault - but this man's attacker can't be charged with a hate crime

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Unlike most European countries, Ireland doesn't have a specific hate crime law on the statute book. Politicians working on introducing one, should step up, says one gay man beaten in an horrific homophobic attack.

"The bones in my ankle were basically smashed, so the surgeons had to put a lot of effort in to repair them," he said.Evan says he's still struggling to come to terms with the attack. A rugby player with an all-inclusive team, the Emerald Warriors, he's unsure if he'll be able to return to the game because of his leg injuries.

He's referring to the Hate Crime Bill, which has yet to make it to the Irish parliament, despite efforts to inject a sense of urgency into the process. Two months later, the bill has yet to appear. A spokesperson told Sky News the bill, which will create aggravated forms of existing offences, which will carry"an enhanced penalty" and will"strengthen the law". But they were able to say only that the minister will publish the legislation"as soon as possible".

"I took over as CEO in Outhouse nine weeks ago, and in six of those weeks I've heard of violent assault against someone in the community," Mr O'Reilly told us."I can't remember a time when it has been so prevalent, and I've worked in LGBT community all of my adult life."It's not just those in the gay community calling for urgent action. Sharans Kabra is from India, but has lived in the Dublin suburb of Lucan with his wife for four years.

 

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Strange they are part of the European zone and don’t have certain laws protecting people of hate crimes

Yeah, Ireland needs some 1984 style newspeak on its law books.

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Simply insane!

Beat to a pulp but is more worried about words. Society is fucked

Ireland better hurry up with this especially with the influx of Islamic immigrants. What about the three gay guys decapitated in Sligo ?

BorisJohnson why is this so UKParliament you need to address this.

Something like this is almost unheard of in China but somehow they received so much attention from the US.

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So dumb...all assaults are a hate crime, so why add more charges to what ready exists?

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