Which Irish political parties have the most secular policies?
February 23, 2016 No Comments

Which Irish political parties have the most secular policies?

How do the political parties in this Friday’s General Election stand on separation of Church and State, with a particular focus on secular education and blasphemy? Atheist Ireland is not asking people to vote for any particular party or candidate. Atheists and secularists are typically independently-minded people who each value ...

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Irish Atheists, Evangelicals and Muslims unite for Secularism at Inter Belief Day
February 18, 2016 No Comments

Irish Atheists, Evangelicals and Muslims unite for Secularism at Inter Belief Day

Jane Donnelly and Michael Nugent took part in a very positive Inter Belief Dialogue conference in Mary Immaculate College Limerick yesterday. There were representatives from the NCCA, which is currently preparing a State course for primary schools about religion, beliefs and ethics, as well as speakers from various religious and ...

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Religion course ‘Grow in Love’ is indoctrination
October 13, 2015 No Comments

Religion course ‘Grow in Love’ is indoctrination

The purpose of the new religion course introduced recently in Irish Primary schools is to indoctrinate children into the Catholic faith. The 'Grow in Love' religion course for Junior and Senior infants is indoctrination, and to claim otherwise is to ignore the meaning of indoctrination. In a recent letter to ...

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Taoiseach reports to Parliament on his meeting with Atheist Ireland
July 1, 2015 No Comments

Taoiseach reports to Parliament on his meeting with Atheist Ireland

Five TDs, including three Party Leaders, yesterday asked the Taoiseach Enda Kenny in the Dail to report on his recent meeting with Atheist Ireland - Socialists and independents Ruth Coppinger, Joe Higgins and Richard Boyd Barrett; Micheal Martin of Fianna Fail; and Gerry Adams of Sinn Fein. Here are the ...

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UN again tells Ireland to end all religious discrimination in education
June 22, 2015 No Comments

UN again tells Ireland to end all religious discrimination in education

A major UN Human Rights Committee today told Ireland to stop breaching the human rights of atheists and minority faith citizens in the education system, as well as in abortion law and the ability to vindicate human rights in practice. The UN report vindicates the complaints raised by Atheist Ireland ...

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Atheist Ireland supports new Section 37 Bill to remove religious discrimination in schools
June 17, 2015 No Comments

Atheist Ireland supports new Section 37 Bill to remove religious discrimination in schools

Atheist Ireland spoke yesterday at the launch of a new Bill, proposed by the Anti-Austerity Alliance, to amend the Employment Equality Act to stop religious schools and hospitals from discriminating against LGBTQ and atheist teachers and other staff. The Bill has the support of a wide number of groups, including ...

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First Atheist Ireland report from Geneva of UN questioning Ireland on human rights breaches
June 11, 2015 No Comments

First Atheist Ireland report from Geneva of UN questioning Ireland on human rights breaches

This is the first Atheist Ireland report of our very successful briefing and lobbying session this week in Geneva. The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights was questioning Ireland on its human rights obligations. Atheist Ireland was there along with other Irish civil society groups and the Irish Human Rights ...

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Atheist Ireland briefs UN about religious discrimination in Irish schools
June 8, 2015 No Comments

Atheist Ireland briefs UN about religious discrimination in Irish schools

Atheist Ireland has just made the following statement to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Geneva, Switzerland. We will next be attending a more detailed briefing session with UN Committee members, then the Committee will be questioning Ireland about its human rights record. The Twitter ...

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Atheist Ireland and other Irish civil society groups to brief United Nations on ESC rights next week
June 6, 2015 No Comments

Atheist Ireland and other Irish civil society groups to brief United Nations on ESC rights next week

This Monday and Tuesday, Atheist Ireland will be in Geneva, Switzerland, briefing the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights before the Committee questions Ireland on its human rights obligations. We will be working alongside our colleagues in other Irish civil society groups, pictured above, from: Abortion Rights ...

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Is there religious equality in our third level educational institutions?
May 26, 2015 No Comments

Is there religious equality in our third level educational institutions?

Atheist Ireland has examined, through a Freedom of Information request to Dundalk Institute of Technology, how decisions around the direct funding of Churches from public monies are made.  Article 44.2.2 of the Irish Constitution says that “the State guarantees not to endow any religion.” This provision prohibits the funding of a specific ...

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