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‘Frankie Boyle has a right to offend anyone he wants’

Brendan O'Neill

Brendan O'Neill
chief political writer

Topics Free Speech

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After a campaign was launched to ban Frankie Boyle from a West Belfast festival, Brendan O’Neill debated free speech on Downtown Radio. Listen and download:

 

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