A lesson plan in the Catholic Grow in Love series, for sixth class students, has the students acting out the Bible story about “the woman caught in adultery.” This will be taught in about 90% of State-funded primary schools in Ireland, and teachers who want...
Today the Irish Times published details of an internal ETBI report that vindicates what Atheist Ireland has been saying for years about the teaching of religion in Education and Training Board schools. ETBs are supposed to be the State-run alternative to denominational schools, but unfortunately...
Atheist Ireland supports the five Irish citizens who are taking a European Court challenge to the religious oaths that must be sworn by the Irish President, judges and members of the Council of State, which includes the Taoiseach, Tanaiste, Chairs of the Oireachtas, and others....
John Hamill, a former member of Atheist Ireland, was a guest on RTE’s Liveline show this week. He was interviewed in his new role as the founder of the Reformed Congregationalist Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster in Ireland, also known as Pastafarians. On behalf...
This Thursday the Dail will be debating the Oireachtas Education Committee Report on Objective Sex Education, which was published last January. Please contact your TDs between now and Thursday to ask them to speak on the issue in the Dail debate, and to support the...
The Catholic Primate of All Ireland Eamon Martin made two claims this week that show how out of touch with reality that the Catholic Church is. Firstly he said that Catholic politicians are obliged to oppose laws that violate Catholic policy on the integrity of...
Lesson Plans about Atheism for Teachers and Parents Atheist Ireland has published a set of free lesson plans about atheism for children aged 8 and up. We welcome feedback, which we will use to develop the lessons. You can download the lesson plans here This...
Soheil Arabi is a 33-year-old Iranian blogger with a young daughter. He has been jailed and tortured since his arrest in 2013 for criticising Islam on Facebook. He was originally sentenced to death, which was revised on appeal to seven and a half years in...
In July 2019 Atheist Ireland took part in a meeting of the Dialogue Process between the Government, Churches, and Non-Confessional Organisations in Ireland. This page links to the contents of Atheist Ireland’s policy document submitted to the Irish Government as part of this process. Contents...
In July 2019 Atheist Ireland took part in a meeting of the Dialogue Process between the Government, Churches, and Non-Confessional Organisations in Ireland. This page is part 1 of Atheist Ireland’s policy document submitted to the Irish Government as part of this process. The parts...