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28 April 2013

Secular Sunday #70 – Civil Registrations and Civil Disagreements

No weekend would be complete without an issue of Secular Sunday, so here it is, full of all the most relevant information I could find. If you are organising any events or have seen some news you think will interest our readers, let me know...

26 April 2013

An open letter to Atheist Ireland by Dick Spicer

Dick Spicer is a longtime activist for humanism and separation of church and state in Ireland. He is also a humanist celebrant, and co-author of ‘The Humanist Philosophy with an Irish Guide to Non-Religious Ceremonies’. Here Dick gives his opinions on the reactions among atheists...

21 April 2013

Secular Sunday #69 – The Righty Quinn

If you’re sick of reading about David Quinn, then you may want to skip this week’s blog section. His behaviour at the Constitutional Convention and since has drawn the ire of quite a few bloggers and we’ve collected their pieces here. We also have some...

14 April 2013

Secular Sunday #68 – In Before the Bell

Another late evening edition. Second Sundays do take their toll, but our brunch in Dublin was very enjoyable and reports from Sligo suggest a good time was had there as well. Check out our event listings below for other ways to hang out with atheists...

10 April 2013

An open letter to fellow members of the Humanist Association of Ireland by Andrew Devine-Rattigan

Dear fellow members of the Humanist Association of Ireland, I address you all in relation to the Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill that came in to law after being passed by the Dail in December 2012. Many of you may feel that on the face of...

7 April 2013

Secular Sunday #67 – Nothing Fails Like Prayer

The week has hurtled by and it’s Sunday again, so we have a little bit of news, some blog posts, a profile of one of the speakers at our forthcoming conference, and details of all the atheist, humanist and skeptic events we can find, including...

6 April 2013

Has the Humanist Association of Ireland legally denied that it promotes a political cause?

In an email newsletter last night, the Humanist Association of Ireland has announced that the first legal Humanist marriage ceremony will take place today, Saturday 6 April, performed by a HAI celebrant, with Government Minister Joan Burton attending. But the confusing announcement raises the significant...

31 March 2013

Secular Sunday #66 – Bigger than Jesus

I don’t feel like I’ve saved any daylight today. I feel like I’ve been robbed of an hour that I won’t get back till October. So, produced in less time than usual, here’s this week’s newsletter. – Derek Walsh, Editor

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24 March 2013

Secular Sunday #65 – Chock Full of Godless Goodness

This week we have our usual news roundup, the best of Irish atheist blogs, and of course a list of upcoming events including a TV show tonight and this week’s return of Dublin Atheists in the Pub. We also have a profile of Kate Smurthwaite...

10 March 2013

Secular Sunday #63 – It's Perfunctory

This week’s edition might be a little short on content because your editor was away from home yesterday, and today spent several hours lunching with other atheists. Nonetheless we have some news, upcoming events and of course a roundup of the most interesting of the...

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