Libellous: what is indecency?
Jun 08, 2023•26 min•Season 9Ep. 8
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Episode description
When Patrick Mulloy, author of Jackets Green, heard his book was banned he did something unusual – he sued for libel. But why was this censorship trial held in London? This is a true crime special, but with banned books instead of dead bodies.
Read about the violent 1920s here https://www.rte.ie/centuryireland/index.php/ireland-1922/
Síobhra Aiken, Spiritual Wounds: Trauma, Testimony and the Irish Civil War (2022)
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