Video Nasties Bill, Ireland 1986

Labour Minister, Bertie Ahern, has said new legislation governing the sale and control of ‘video nasties’ and pornographic tapes will be implemented as a matter of urgency.
Report shows video shop.
Extracts from ‘nasty’ videos including ‘The Evil Dead’.
To camera Gerry Reynolds on tapes available from video shops, ‘The Entity’ and ‘The Evil Dead’.
Interview with Jimmy Hayden, Warner Brothers, on pirate videos and their destructive effect on the film/video industry.
Interview with Teachta Dála (TD), Bertie Ahern, on the pernicious influence of the ‘nasties’ and the need for new legislation.
The reporter is Gerry Reynolds.
‘The Evil Dead’ is not owned by RTE.
Violent and pornographic videos are to be banned under new legislation.
Report shows video tapes on display in video store.
Interview with Minister for Justice Gerry Collins on the new legislation on video nasties.
The reporter is Tom McCaughren.
The Minister for Justice has circulated the text of a bill to outlaw violent and pornographic videos. The Video Recordings Bill 1987 is designed to control the supply of videos coming into the country, and to ban the sale or renting of certain videos already on the market.
Report shows Minister for Justice Gerry Collins addressing a news conference.
Shelves of a video rental store.
Interview with Gerry Collins in which he outlines the parameters of the new bill.
The reporter is Tom McCaughren.
Labour Publish Bill On Sale Of Video Nasties
Report shows interview with Labour Party Parliamentary Party Chairman, Micheal Bell on the bill to make it illegal to import video nasties.
The reporter is Seán Duignan.