Atheist Ireland, Evangelical Alliance, and Ahmadi Muslims welcome plan to end religious discrimination in access to schools
May 9, 2018 No Comments

Atheist Ireland, Evangelical Alliance, and Ahmadi Muslims welcome plan to end religious discrimination in access to schools

Minister for Education Richard Bruton has announced plans to prohibit State-funded primary schools run by the Catholic Church from discriminating in access on the ground of religion, but which will allow State-funded schools run by minority religions to continue to discriminate on the ground of religion if they are oversubscribed. ...

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Another Catholic School forces Muslim students into Catholic Liturgies. So where did this policy come from?
March 30, 2017 4 Comments

Another Catholic School forces Muslim students into Catholic Liturgies. So where did this policy come from?

Holy Child School, Killiney, forces Muslim students into Catholic Liturgies. This is a publicly funded Le Cheile second level school (A Catholic schools Trust). This is the second school we have found with this policy. Colaiste Bride in Clondalkin also forces Muslim students into Catholic Liturgies. Their policy is exactly ...

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Schools Admissions Process Submission
March 22, 2017 No Comments

Schools Admissions Process Submission

Submission to Department of Education Public Consultation Process on the role of Denominational Religion In the School Admissions Process On Monday Atheist Ireland sent the following to the Submission to Department of Education Public Consultation Process on the role of Denominational Religion In the School Admissions Process. Introduction Atheist Ireland ...

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Jan O’Sullivan enforces religious discrimination in schools where she herself is patron
December 28, 2015 No Comments

Jan O’Sullivan enforces religious discrimination in schools where she herself is patron

The Minister of Education, Jan O’Sullivan has called for places to be set aside in National Schools with a religious ethos, for unbaptised children. The Minister is quoted as stating that:- “I recognise the right of denominational schools to protect their ethos,” she said in an interview with The Irish ...

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State fails to explain religious discrimination in schools that the State runs directly
November 10, 2014 3 Comments

State fails to explain religious discrimination in schools that the State runs directly

Irish State fails to explain religious discrimination in schools it runs directly   The Department of Education has failed to explain why there is religious discrimination in access to even the few primary schools that the State runs directly, never mind in the schools where it cedes control to religious patrons. ...

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Even two schools directly run by the State have discrimination on religious grounds. Why?
November 3, 2014 1 Comment

Even two schools directly run by the State have discrimination on religious grounds. Why?

Why does Irish State  discriminate on religious grounds in two schools it runs directly? Ireland has nine State schools at primary level where the Minister for Education & Skills is patron. Last June Atheist Ireland wrote to the Dept of Education asking why as Patron they discriminate on religious grounds ...

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Religious Worship and Instruction in ETB non – designated Community Colleges.
October 15, 2014 1 Comment

Religious Worship and Instruction in ETB non – designated Community Colleges.

Religious Worship and Instruction in ETB non – designated Community Colleges All Education and Training Board (ETB) non-designated Community Colleges at second level are obliged to ensure that there is religious worship and instruction in the college. These Community Colleges are referred to as State multi-Denominational colleges. They are also ...

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Ireland has no non-denominational schools. Even the nine schools directly run by the state are religious
September 23, 2014 No Comments

Ireland has no non-denominational schools. Even the nine schools directly run by the state are religious

No non-denominational schools in Irish education system The Minister for Education and Skills Jan O’Sullivan is the patron of nine state run religious schools. These nine schools are the old Model schools and they are not non-denominational despite being under the patronage of the Minister. The Report from the Forum ...

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Children have a human right to a neutral studying environment, even in denominational schools
August 3, 2014 1 Comment

Children have a human right to a neutral studying environment, even in denominational schools

Children have right to non-religious schooling - UN Human Rights Committee Last month Ireland appeared before the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva under the International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights (ICCPR). Every five years the UN questions Ireland in relation to their human rights obligations under the Covenant. ...

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Educate Together is undermining the duty of the Irish State to provide non-denominational schools
August 3, 2014 3 Comments

Educate Together is undermining the duty of the Irish State to provide non-denominational schools

Educate Together multi-denominational schools don't relieve Irish State of UN Human Rights Committee duty to secular education Educate Together has made two statements recently that undermine the duty of the Irish Government to provide secular education though new non-denominational schools, as required by the UN Human Rights Committee. Educate Together is ...

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