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19 February 2023

Secular Sunday #582 – Not Attending Religion Instruction

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16 February 2023

The Oireachtas, not the Government, must regulate the Constitutional right to not attend religious instruction

The oireachtas, not the Government or the Department of Education or schools, is responsible for regulating the Constitutional right to not attend religious instruction in schools. That is why statutory guidelines are needed, passed by the Oireachtas, not just Government policies, or circular letters from...

12 February 2023

Secular Sunday #581 – Secular schools and Jean Vanier

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12 February 2023

Irish schoolbook Alive-O promoted Catholic theologian Jean Vanier who sexually abused women

Katie Levine of Atheist Ireland told RTE’s Liveline this week the name of the Irish schoolbook that promoted Catholic theologian and sex abuser Jean Vanier to children. TD Cathal Crowe had recalled the book the previous day but had not named it. It was Alive-O,...

9 February 2023

UN tells Ireland to remove all religious discrimination in schools

Atheist Ireland welcomes today’s concluding observations about Ireland from the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. We were in Geneva last month when the Committee questioned Ireland, and the Committee has made all of the recommendations we asked for. The UN has...

5 February 2023

Secular Sunday #580 – Soheil Arabi and Saint Brigid

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5 February 2023

Public holiday for Covid frontline workers hijacked by Catholic evangelisation of culture

Two years ago the government proposed a new public holiday to mark the efforts of frontline workers during the Covid pandemic. The most obvious way to do that would have been to call it the Frontline Workers Public Holiday, or the February Bank Holiday dedicated...

29 January 2023

Secular Sunday #579 – UN asks Ireland about secular education

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29 January 2023

UN asks Ireland about children’s rights including secular education

This week Atheist Ireland was in Geneva for the examination of Ireland under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Atheist Ireland, along with the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and the Evangelical Alliance of Ireland, made a Submission to the UN Committee in relation...

22 January 2023

Secular Sunday #578 – UN to ask Ireland about children’s rights

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