Critically assess the validity of the following statement with reference to the Irish domestic legal context, and the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, including in your assessment relevant international or regional human rights instruments and treaties, cases, legislation, constitutional provisions, or scholarly commentary, in order to render an accurate and critical analysis of the protection afforded to the freedom of expression:

“The freedom of expression which arises under art. 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms is not an unqualified right; it is necessarily, and rationally, subject to those limitations which are necessary to maintain public order and conviviality.”