Is the Catholic Church really moving sacramental preparation out of schools?
Reports that the Catholic Church in Dublin is to start moving the preparation of children for sacraments out of the classroom are welcome, but they are exaggerated when compared to the full policy document published by the Archdiocese. The full policy document says that schools will continue to “educate children ...
The State, not school boards, should directly protect the rights of minorities in schools
The term ethos/characteristic spirit is not defined in the Education Act 1998. It can and does mean different things to different Patron bodies, schools and teachers. The term 'ethos' is connected with the choice of parents in relation to the education of their children. Because the majority of parents of ...
Back to school and back to fighting for your rights
Children are heading back to school, and parents are again left in the position that they must negotiate their Constitutional rights with the school. This is what minorities have to put up with in our Republic. Schools give no practical application to our Constitutional rights, and the Department of Education, ...
Schools cannot oblige students to attend Syllabus Religious Education at second level
Syllabus Religious Education at second level is not an objective course about religions and beliefs, and parents have a Constitutional right to ensure that their children do not attend this class. You can find information, and a sample letter for Catholic and ETB schools and colleges, on our website Teach, ...
Atheist Ireland letter to Public Accounts Committee July 2022
Atheist Ireland wrote this letter to the Public Accounts Committee on 27 July 2022. [pdf-embedder url="https://www.teachdontpreach.ie/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/AI-to-PAC-27-July-2022.pdf" title="AI to PAC 27 July 2022"]
Documents about misuse of state funds regarding religious instruction
Since last December, Atheist Ireland has been lobbying to vindicate the constitutional right to not attend religious instruction in schools, and to uphold parental authority in the education of their children, which the Supreme Court has described as a foundational pillar of the Constitution. As well as lobbying individual politicians ...
Loreto school in Balbriggan wants to control ‘NPRE’ parents and their children
In Loreto second level school in Balbriggan, students who exercise their Constitutional right to not attend religious instruction are referred to as 'NPRE students', and their parents are referred to as 'parents of NPRE students'. 'NPRE' stands for Non Participation in Religious Education. It could more accurately be described as ...
Pope confirms Catholic education is evangelisation
Pope Francis has confirmed that Catholic education is evangelisation, and has compared not speaking the truth about God in education to burning books, during a private reception in the Vatican on 22 April for educators including from Mary Immaculate College in Limerick. He also told a gathering of Christian Brothers ...
Public Accounts Committee letter to Atheist Ireland July 2022
The Public Accounts Committee wrote this letter to Atheist Ireland 4 July 2022. [pdf-embedder url="https://www.teachdontpreach.ie/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/S0914-PAC33-Atheist-Ireland-mtg-02.06.2022.pdf" title="S0914 PAC33 - Atheist Ireland mtg 02.06.2022"]
Atheist Ireland raises religious discrimination with the UN Human Rights Committee
The United Nations Human Rights Committee is questioning Ireland in July about our human rights record under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, or ICCPR. Atheist Ireland has made the following submission about Freedom of Conscience, Religion, and Belief. You can also read it here on the United Nations ...