People here are in far less of a frame of mind these days to knuckle under to any authority, religious or political. In addition to other disillusionments and betrayals, we have also been landed in a royal economic mess from banks' mishandling of funds and bad credit, had one Taoiseach removed from office for dubious financial practices, and now the ordinary taxpayer is picking up the tab for others' greed, dishonesty and ineptitude. Given the national mood, I'd really like to see what happens if they try to persecute for blasphemy and pick up 25k for so doing.

That website deliberately published "offensive" quotes as a challenge to this new law. We are part of Europe, and therefore have recourse to the European Court of Human Rights, about which Wiki says:

Any decision of the Court is binding on the member states and must be complied with, except if it consists of an advisory opinion. It is the role of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to supervise the execution of Court judgments. This body cannot force states to comply, and the ultimate sanction for non-compliance is expulsion from the Council of Europe.

I read this as meaning they can't make the government rescind this legislation, but they could kick us out of Europe for enforcing it if the ECHR rules against it. Haven't researched this beyond a quick web-glance, but if my interpretation is correct... fasten your seatbelts...