The scale and ambition of the Irish censorship regime is preserved in a blacklist of over 12,000 publications. From 1930 to 2016, the censorship board banned all manner of printed material. Sex education manuals, pulp fiction, nineteenth-century pornography, celebrity memoirs, and newspapers and magazines appear alongside literature from the greatest twentieth-century writers. This state censorship emerged from the report of the Committee on Evil Literature (1926), which gathered opinions from churchmen of all persuasions, newsagents, charities, trade unions and civil servants. The moral attit

The Dublin Learning City Festival 2026 will take place from 22nd - 25th April 2026 with the theme 'To Belong'. Celebrating learning as a way to connect, participate and feel part, accepted and valued in our communities. The festival aims to bring together communities, organisations, and learners from across the city to celebrate lifelong learning. The Dublin Learning City Festival is open to everyone, and this year there is a focus on Connecting with one another, Creating meaningful learning communities through these connections, and Changing our communities in a positive way through enc