Our Advocacy Work

Our Advocacy Work

Paul Gill
6 May 2010

25-day walk for Irish blasphemy referendum

NEW: You can send Paul a message of support on 086-732-5365 Starting today, Thursday May 6th, Atheist Ireland member Paul Gill will walk the length of Ireland, from Mizen Head in Cork to Malin Head in Donegal, to highlight the need to vote Yes in...

Ivana Bacik
28 March 2010

Ivana Bacik at UCC Atheists

Ivana Bacik discusses Ireland’s blasphemy law at UCC. About Ivana Bacik: “I have a track record of campaigning on education rights, on equality, social policy issues, womens rights, criminal justice and anti-racism, and will continue to pursue these issues in the Seanad.” “I believe in...

14 March 2010

Referendum on blasphemy proposed for Autumn 2010

Atheist Ireland welcomes the statement from Dermot Ahern, the Irish Justice Minister, that he is proposing a referendum this Autumn to remove the offence of blasphemy from the Irish Constitution. The Minister has told the Sunday Times that “I was only doing my duty” in...

17 February 2010

Educate Together’s Paul Rowe & PZ Myers at UCC Feb 2010

Paul Rowe and PZ Myers discuss secular education in Ireland and America. Paul Rowe discusses Educate Together, where the catholic religion is taken out of the classroom. For an atheist in Ireland many are forced to baptise their children just that they can get an...

19 January 2010

Catholicism: Is there a place in schools for it? – by Alice Kinsella

Guest Post by Alice Kinsella. Via VoicesOfYouth Recently, a friend of mine went to our principal and asked to leave religion class, which is compulsory in our school. I managed to get out at the beginning of the school year by pointing out that I’d...

2 January 2010

25 Blasphemous Quotes

From today, 1 January 2010, the new Irish blasphemy law becomes operational, and we begin our campaign to have it repealed. Blasphemy is now a crime punishable by a €25,000 fine. In response, we have published a list of 25 blasphemous quotes: 1. Jesus Christ,...

1 January 2010

Atheist Ireland Publishes 25 Blasphemous Quotes

25 Blasphemous Quotes. From today, 1 January 2010, the new Irish blasphemy law becomes operational, and we begin our campaign to have it repealed. Blasphemy is now a crime punishable by a €25,000 fine. In response, we have published a list of 25 blasphemous quotes,...

27 November 2009

Extraordinary General Meeting: Education Policy

On Saturday 28th of November Atheist Ireland will hold an extraordinary general meeting to discuss & vote on our education policy. The meeting will briefly establish where Ireland is now as regards religion in education. It will then focus on what we would specifically like...

21 November 2009

Sample Affiliated Atheist Student Society Constitution

You can use the following as a template as a guide for your own affiliated atheist society constitution, adapting it as required to suit the rules and regulations of your own college. [Name of Institute] Atheist Society Constitution: Name: The name of the society shall...

21 November 2009

Guide to setting up an affiliated Atheist Student Society

Welcome to the Atheist Ireland Student Society Guide. At Atheist Ireland, we are committed to working together, as our constitution describes, to “build a rational, ethical and secular society free from superstition and supernaturalism”. The student movement is an absolutely integral part of this process;...