Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland

1 October 2012

David Nash discusses the Irish blasphemy law at OSCE human rights meeting in Poland

This is the speech by Prof David Nash, Oxford Brookes University, to the side meeting on protecting the human rights of atheists, at the annual OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) human rights meeting in Warsaw in Poland today, Monday 1st October. I...

30 September 2012

Atheist Ireland attends OSCE meeting in Poland to challenge spread of blasphemy laws and promote human rights of atheists

Atheist Ireland will this Monday, October 1st, attend the annual OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) human rights meeting in Warsaw in Poland, where we will speak against blasphemy laws, religious oaths and the need for secular education. Atheist Ireland will also host...

26 September 2012

Atheist Ireland AGM and public meeting, Saturday 20 October, with guest speaker Sanal Edamaruku

We have an inspiring guest speaker for the public meeting after the 2012 Atheist Ireland AGM on the afternoon of Saturday 20 October in Dublin: Sanal Edamaruku, the President of the Indian Rationalist Association, who is currently facing blasphemy charges in India – based on...

26 September 2012

The Catholic Church has become irrelevant: Michael Nugent at UCD Law Society debate

This is Michael Nugent’s contribution to the UCD Law Society debate yesterday on the motion that the Catholic Church has become irrelevant.

...
14 September 2012

The Pussy Riot Trial: Patty Gray talks to Dublin Atheists in the Pub

Patty Gray, professor of anthropology in NUI Maynooth, who has lived and worked in Russia, talks about the background to the Pussy Riot trial and conviction at the Dublin Atheists in the Pub evening hosted by Atheist Ireland on 13 Sep 2012.

...
3 September 2012

Michael Nugent debates on RTE Radio about blasphemy laws with Dr Oliver Scharbrodt of UCC

This is Michael Nugent’s debate on RTE radio this morning about blasphemy laws in Ireland and internationally, with Dr Oliver Scharbrodt, lecturer in Islamic Studies in UCC, hosted by RTE’s Miriam O’Callaghan.    “Clock outside RTE’s Cork studios” by Bods is licensed under CC...

18 August 2012

Civil society groups ask Government to include twelve nominees on expert panel for Constitutional Convention

Irish civil society groups are asking the Government to include twelve nominees on the expert panel for the coming Constitutional Convention. The nominees include Atheist Ireland chairperson Michael Nugent and Oxford Brookes University professor David Nash on the topic of blasphemy; and Michael Nugent on...

17 August 2012

Freedom from Religion Foundation ends bias against non-Catholics attending Milwaukee Irish Fest

Atheist Ireland has contacted the Milwaukee Irish Fest to thank them for ending an illegal discrimination against non-Catholics in their admission charges, that was brought to their attention by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. We are also sending $100 to the Freedom From Religion Foundation...

11 August 2012

Leaving the Eastern Orthodox Clergy: Victor Diac talks to Dublin Atheists in the Pub

Victor Diac from Romania discusses leaving the Eastern Orthodox clergy at the Dublin Atheists in the Pub evening hosted by Atheist Ireland on 9 August 2012.

...
28 July 2012

Atheism and science: Aoife McLysaght talks to Dublin Atheists in the Pub

Aoife McLysaght of TCD Genetics Dept talks at Dublin Atheists in the Pub, July 2012. She talks about how we become atheists, a new book called the Young Atheists’s Handbook by former Muslim Alom Shaha, the Giant’s Causeway creationist controversy, and defending science against religious...