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10 May 2011

Aron-Ra and D.P.R. Jones join our line-up

Atheist Ireland is delighted to announce that influential internet activists Aron-Ra and D.P.R. Jones have joined our exciting line-up. D.P.R. Jones is well known for his videos on religion, science and philosophy and is host of The Magic Sandwich Show. Aron-Ra is a passionate advocate...

9 May 2011

Parents talk about the obstacles in obtaining a secular education for their child in Ireland

Alex Meehan of the Sunday Business Post interviewed some parents recently who have persevered in trying to get a secular education for their children. Although parents have the right to ask for their children to be exempted from religious classes at school in Ireland, those...

1 May 2011

The really, truly True Believer™ of the Month Award April 2011

Theist obsession with sex figures yet again in this months winners list as we have two winners in joint first place around the topic of sex and sexuality. The first of the winners is the lugubrious Bill O’Donoghue who sees fit to tell us that...

8 April 2011

Atheist Ireland review of busy year's activity for 2011 AGM

Atheist Ireland’s third Annual General meeting will take place this weekend, on Saturday 9 April 2011, in the Gresham Metropole Hotel in Cork. Here is a review of the work that we have done since our second AGM in July 2010. 1. Secular Irish Constitution...

8 April 2011

Atheist Ireland review of busy year’s activity for 2011 AGM

Atheist Ireland’s third Annual General meeting will take place this weekend, on Saturday 9 April 2011, in the Gresham Metropole Hotel in Cork. Here is a review of the work that we have done since our second AGM in July 2010. 1. Secular Irish Constitution...

5 April 2011

The really, truly True Believer™ of the Month Award March 2011

Child Abuse figured heavily in this month’s polling results for the award. As usual when it appears the Vatican figured high in the polls. This month’s claim from their Top Exorcist is that the increase in child sex abuse and rape claims is the fault...

18 March 2011

Atheist Ireland response to European Court ruling on crucifixes in classrooms

The European Court of Human Rights today ruled that Italian State schools may display crucifixes on classroom walls, overturning an earlier judgment to the contrary. Today’s judgment lays down many important points of human rights law in favour of secularism, and it leaves open the...

11 March 2011

Atheist Ireland welcomes new forum on Catholic patronage of Irish schools

Atheist Ireland welcomes the decision by Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn to establish a forum to identify how schools can be transferred out of Catholic patronage as a matter of immediate priority. We hope to participate as fully as possible in this forum as an...

10 March 2011

The really, truly True Believer™ of the Month Award February 2011

South Dakota has put itself on the map of Truly True winners for Feburary by giving us a tale that sounds like it should be taller than their very own Mount Rushmore. A bill under construction in the stranger of the States is moving to...

5 March 2011

Attend the World Atheist Convention in Dublin, Ireland, June 3-5 2011

  You can now buy discounted early-bird tickets for the World Atheist Convention in the O’Callaghan Alexander Hotel in Dublin, Ireland, from 3-5 June 2011. The Convention, co-hosted by Atheist Ireland, will see the launch of the new Atheist Alliance International, the world umbrella group...

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