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21 November 2021

Secular Sunday #517 – The One Oath For All Campaign

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*   Editorial The One Oath For All Campaign   This week Roisin Shortall TD and asked the European Court of Human Rights to rule against the religious...

21 November 2021

Email from Department of Education to Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland has received the following email from the Department of Education, in response to our submission to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education.. Atheist Ireland via email michael@michaelnugent.com 26th November 2021 Dear Ms. Donnelly and Mr. Nugent I refer to your letter of the...

18 November 2021

The political campaign continues to remove the religious oaths in the Irish constitution

The religious oaths in the Irish Constitution for President and members of the Council of State still contravene human rights law, and today’s ruling by the European Court of Human Rights has not found otherwise. Indeed, the European Court has previously found in the cases...

14 November 2021

Secular Sunday #516 – Curriculum Religious Education is Discrimination

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email   Editorial Curriculum Religious Education is Discrimination   Curriculum Religious Education in Ireland breaches the Constitution. It aims to develop values in students from atheist and secular families...

7 November 2021

Secular Sunday #515 – The new National Maternity Hospital

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email   Editorial The new National Maternity Hospital   Atheist Ireland joined a meeting this week of women’s rights groups and secular groups that want the State to own...

7 November 2021

Support the campaign for the State to own and manage the new National Maternity Hospital

Atheist Ireland joined a meeting this week of women’s rights groups and secular groups that want the State to own and manage the new National Maternity Hospital. The meeting was convened by Jo Tully, chairperson of the Campaign Against Church Ownership of Women’s Healthcare. This...

2 November 2021

Atheist Ireland asks NCCA to address impact of school ethos on teaching of sex education

Atheist Ireland has made the following submission to the NCCA about the redevelopment of Junior Cycle Social, Personal, and Health Education (SPHE). We are making this submission in the context of our submission from October 2019 on the Review of Relationship and Sexuality Education (RSE)...

31 October 2021

Secular Sunday #514 – Rights of the Child and a Book Launch

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*   Editorial Rights of the Child and a Book Launch   The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth is preparing Ireland’s 5th/6th State Report to...

31 October 2021

Atheist Ireland asks Department to protect rights of children from secular families in schools

The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth is preparing Ireland’s 5th/6th State Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. Atheist Ireland has made the following submission to the consultation on the draft State Report. We are making this submission...

24 October 2021

Secular Sunday #513 – The positive right to hold atheist beliefs

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email   Editorial The positive right to hold atheist beliefs   Atheist Ireland made a submission this week to the Department of Justice’s review of the Equality Acts. We...

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