Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland

1 October 2023

Secular Sunday #614 – Voting on parents’ rights in schools?

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30 September 2023

Parents’ rights in schools should not depend on surveying the views of their neighbours

The Department of Eduction is continuing the fiction that the government is transferring patronage of Catholic primary schools in any meaningful way. The Department is also complicating the matter by saying that parents of pupils at Catholic primary schools are to be surveyed to assess...

24 September 2023

Secular Sunday #613 – 11 new blasphemy laws

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17 September 2023

Secular Sunday #612 – UN Human Rights 75 Pledge 2

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17 September 2023

Blasphemy and Freedom of Expression – United Nations Human Rights 75 Pledge by Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland has made a pledge to the United Nations Human Rights 75 initiative to oppose laws against blasphemy and promote freedom of expression. 1. Background to Atheist Ireland Atheist Ireland is a voluntary advocacy group based in Ireland. We have Special Consultative Status at...

10 September 2023

Freedom of Religion or Belief – UN Human Rights 75 Pledge by Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland has made a pledge to the United Nations Human Rights 75 initiative to promote the consistent use of the full phrase ‘Freedom of Religion or Belief’ instead of the incomplete phrase ‘Freedom of Religion.’ 1. Background to Atheist Ireland Atheist Ireland is a...

20 August 2023

Secular Sunday #608 – Upcoming Talks By Atheist Ireland Officers

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13 August 2023

Secular Sunday #607 – The moral case for assisted dying

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6 August 2023

Secular Sunday #606 – The human right to be atheist and secular

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20 July 2023

Secular schools would treat everyone equally

In Ireland, religious discrimination in education has become part of our culture. That is because of the deference of successive governments to the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church has no issue with discriminating against minorities on the basis of religion in order to control the...