Mayo TD Michael Ring, who served in the Dáil for the past 30 years, said he would not be seeking nomination to contest the general election

Constituents have labelled proposed hate speech legislation "authoritarian" and complained to TDs that it will make Ireland a "police state"

Calls for hate speech legislation to be scrapped are unnecessary, while definitions in the Bill can be tightened, according to Fianna Fáil senator Malcom Byrne

Sinn Féin has denied claims of a U-turn on the Government's proposed hate speech legislation