Ashling O'Brien

Ashling O'Brien

19 April 2017

Atheist Ireland proud partner of the March for Science, Ireland

Atheist Ireland joins the March for Science. Atheist Ireland is proud to join the Irish Cancer Society, Irish Society for Immunology, Trinity College Dublin Student Union, Cool Planet Experience, Star Trek Éire, Irish Federation of University Teachers and International Consortium of Research Associations as partners...

18 March 2017

Rise in number of people symbolically defecting from the Catholic Church

Notme.ie sees an increase in the number of people symbolically defecting from the Catholic Church. Atheist Ireland runs a website called notme.ie. The purpose of this website is to allow people to register that they would choose to leave the Catholic Church if they were...

18 March 2017

Atheist Ireland continues to campaign for women’s reproductive rights.

Atheist Ireland continues to campaign for women’s reproductive rights and calls for a referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment. On Sunday 5th March Atheist Ireland presented to the Citizens’ Assembly as part of their discussion on the 8th Amendment. We were grouped with the Irish...

20 February 2016

Atheist Ireland to host talk by Aron Ra

Atheist Ireland are proud to host a talk by Aron Ra. Well known debater and YouTuber Aron Ra makes videos promoting science education in an area where creationism is often promoted even in public schools. As Texas State Director of American Atheists, he is an...

28 August 2015

Celebrating the Third Anniversary of the Atheist Ireland Information Table

Taking a Stand at the GPO by Brendan Maher There is so much to say about this but one must be brief. Let us begin by considering the history of establishing the Atheist Information Table and why it was vital to make such information available...

8 July 2015

Atheist Ireland Supports call to Repeal 8th Amendment Abortion Ban

Atheist Ireland supports calls for referendum to Repeal 8th Amendment (abortion ban) – section 40.3.3, to the Irish Constitution states: “The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in...