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- 29/04/2009-24/07/2009
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Material relating to meeting of The Council of State (COS) convened by President Mary McAleese, held at Áras an Uachtaráin [official residence of the President of Ireland], 22/07/2009, to allow her to consult with the COS on "whether the Defamation Bill 2006 and the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009 should be referred by the President to the Supreme Court for a decision on the question as to whether the Bills or any specified provision or provisions thereof are repugnant to the Constitution or to any provision thereof."
Material includes copies of the Bills as passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament) and explanatory memos; draft of the Defamation Bill Section 18, sent via email on 21/07/2009, with notation; press coverage on the matter, 29/04-18/07/2009 with notation; letter from Tim O'Connor, Secretary General to the President, informing Mary Robinson that President McAleese had signed the Bills into Law, 24/07/2009.
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12/02/2025
26/06/2025