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A majority of Ireland wants the ban on blasphemy to be removed from the constitution. In a referendum on the text part, nearly 65% of the Irish voted for their deletion. In addition, the election of the president was in the country. Michael Higgins was re-elected with 56% of the votes.
In Catholic Ireland, "the publication or expression of blasphemous, inducement or offensive cases" was formally punished. However, the ban has not been applied for a long time. Nobody has ever been sentenced for this, after the ban inscribed in the Constitution in 1937.
The presidential election was held at the same time as the referendum. With more than half of the votes, Higgins, 77, can begin a second term. Behind him, businessman Peter Casey finished with 23% of the vote. The office of President is largely ceremonial in Ireland.
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