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January 16, 2017 1 Comment Teach Dont Preach

Equate gives TV3 ultimatum to remove Jane Donnelly of Atheist Ireland from interview

TV3’s Ireland AM has invited and then removed Jane Donnelly, Human Rights Officer of Atheist Ireland, from an interview this Tuesday morning about the Baptism rule in Irish schools. TV3 told Atheist Ireland that Michael Barron of Equate had issued TV3 with an ultimatum that Equate would not appear on ...

January 7, 2016 No Comments Teach Dont Preach

Give us this day our human rights

Joe Humphreys seems to think that Atheist Ireland's campaign for our constitutional and human rights in Irish schools is counterproductive. Either that, or he isn't aware of our years of comprehensive policies and patient lobbying on the issue, which seems unlikely, as he used to be the Irish Times Education Correspondent. He seems ...

January 21, 2015 1 Comment Teach Dont Preach

School ethos or religious discrimination

Is questioning employees or job candidates on their religion school ethos or religious discrimination. Joe Humphreys writes in the Irish Times 21st January 2015 that "the Catholic Church’s main spokesman on education has defended the right of its schools to question employees on whether they support the school’s religious ethos during interviews". ...

January 24, 2011 No Comments Teach Dont Preach

Father hits out at school over son reciting prayers

From The Sunday Tribune on Sunday 16 January: The father of a five-year-old boy who was "horrified" to find his son was reciting prayers at school, despite having opted out of religious instruction, has hit out at the ongoing influence of the Catholic church on the Irish education system. Dutch-born ...

January 10, 2011 2 Comments Teach Dont Preach

Atheist Ireland condemns discrimination against parents – Sunday Tribune

Article by John Downes Published in the Sunday Tribune, 9 Jan 2011 PARENTS who do not wish to have their children attend religious classes in school are routinely being asked to supervise them personally during school hours because schools will not do so, according to Atheist Ireland. The organisation also ...