Film classification moves with the times as we’re cool with sex, careful with mental health
It is hard to deny that Ireland’s unhappy addiction to pinch-mouthed censorship is largely a thing of the past
Ciarán Kissane
Ireland used to ban films. Now it’s more relaxed than Britain or the US about what’s on screen. Why?
Such shockers as Brief Encounter and The Big Sleep were once prohibited here. Ciarán Kissane of the Irish Film Classification Office explains his more modern approach
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