The Blasphemy Bill created by Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern speaks high in volume but is likely to have little muscle. This is the opinion of Andrea Martin – an Irish solicitor and legal adviser for media, who spoke recently on RTE about the background and realities of this Bill. But if the Bill will not actually be implemented for prosecutions, the question begs itself: Why is a retrograde law such as The Blasphemy Bill in existence?