Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland

3 November 2015

Tips for Running a College Society

Running a successful student society is hard work and lots of fun. These tips for running a college society should help you organise successful events and avoid common pitfalls. The following tips were compiled by Colm Finlay. Colm is a member of Atheist Ireland who...

25 October 2015

Archbishop of Dublin to decide if five year old boys are right kind of Catholic for school

The Admission policy of a publicly funded National School, St. John the Baptist in Clontarf, states that the Archbishop of Dublin, “shall be the person who decides whether a boy is a member of a Church which is in full communion with the Church of...

24 October 2015

Submission to Department of Justice for UN review of Ireland

Atheist Ireland submission for UN Human Rights Council review of Ireland: Atheist Ireland has made the following submission to the Department of Justice as part of the process of Ireland being reviewed by the United Nations Human Rights Council next year. Contents 1. About Atheist...

20 October 2015

Educate Together distances itself from its own policy and ethos

An Educate Together AGM motion this year called for admission policies that, if implemented, would indirectly discriminate against Catholics. Atheist Ireland opposes this. Educate Together has published a statement that attributes absurdity, dishonesty and ignorance to Atheist Ireland’s analysis of this. We agree with Educate...

18 October 2015

Professor Conway invents a bogeyman of an Irish “subcultural secularist elite”

In a recent talk to the Iona Institute, Rev. Professor Eamonn Conway, head of Theology and Religious Studies at Mary Immaculate College, invented a bogeyman that he calls a “subcultural secular elite” to frighten Catholics into thinking that their control of the education system is...

16 October 2015

Good Without Gods – Supporting Secular Charity

Secular charity is a question we are often asked about and Atheist Ireland ‘God Without Gods’ campaign was launched in 2012. It was started as an initiative to encourage, promote and facilitate charitable and other worthwhile activities by our members and friends. Currently our active...

8 October 2015

Atheist Ireland recommendations to OSCE on equality for atheists

Atheist Ireland recommendations to OSCE on equality for atheists Atheist Ireland has made the following recommendations to the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) after taking part in the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw, Poland, last week. A – Overall Recommendations for...

21 September 2015

Atheist Ireland report to UN for Universal Periodic Review of Ireland

Atheist Ireland submits report to UN for next Universal Periodic Review. Atheist Ireland has submitted the following report for the next United Nations Universal Periodic Review of Ireland’s human rights record. We will also be attending the review, to lobby the Council members about religious...

4 September 2015

Are the Schools Equality PACT reforms, to protect human rights, unconstitutional?

Are proposed reforms to end religious discrimination in Irish schools unconstitutional? This document should be read alongside the Schools Equality PACT, which asks the Irish Parliament to urgently pass a comprehensive Schools Equality Bill to reform the current State-funded religious discrimination. The PACT (Patronage, Access,...

21 August 2015

Support the Schools Equality PACT. End State-funded religious discrimination in Irish schools.

Please sign and share the PACT petition at this link The Schools Equality PACT is a major new initiative of Atheist Ireland to enable everybody, regardless of your religious or nonreligious beliefs, to support religious equality in Irish schools. It is part of an ongoing...