The UN Human Rights Committee has told Ireland to remove religious oaths for public office and to remove the law against blasphemy, reflecting concerns raised by Atheist Ireland at the questioning session in Geneva. The Committee concluded: Religious Oaths: The Human Rights Committee is concerned...
The UN Human Rights Committee today told Ireland to stop breaching the human rights of atheists and minority faiths in the education system, employment, religious oaths and blasphemy law. The UN report published today vindicates all of the complaints raised by Atheist Ireland when we...
On Monday in Geneva, Switzerland, Atheist Ireland will brief the United Nations Human Rights Committee about Ireland’s failure to keep its obligations under an important human rights treaty: the International Covenant on Civil and Political Liberties. On Monday and Tuesday, the UN Human Rights Committee...
Michael Nugent had a discussion this week with Leah Libresco, who in 2012 converted from being an atheist blogger at Unequally Yoked to being a Roman Catholic. They discussed Leah’s atheism, her conversion and her Catholicism. Here’s the video, in three parts.
...Jane Donnelly and Michael Nugent were on TV3’s People’s Debate with Vincent Browne last night. The topic was ‘Is Ireland Homophobic?’ Here are their contributions. The State funds anti-LGBT discrimination – Jane Donnelly The Catholic church is overtly homophobic – Michael Nugent This file is...
Atheist Ireland is seeking new members to help us to promote an ethical secular Ireland, where your child can attend school without religious discrimination and indoctrination, and can grow up to aspire to be Taoiseach or President or a Judge without having to swear a...
In the past few days the so-called* Irish Catholic newspaper has manufactured and escalated a controversy about Atheist Ireland and the Green Party, using poor research and failures in basic journalistic standards. It has also misled its readers by failing to report its own role...
The Irish Catholic Newspaper has published two untrue allegations on its website, one titled ‘Eamon Ryan backs end to funding for Catholic schools’ and the other titled ‘Eamon Ryan backs away from attack on Catholic education’. These articles misrepresent Eamon Ryan, the Green Party and...
Atheist Ireland’s policy on secularism is reflected in the Dublin Declaration on Secularism and the Place of Religion in Public Life. This was adopted by delegates at the World Atheist Convention in Dublin in 2011. We actively promote its principles as the basis for an...
Atheist Ireland is contacting European and Local Election candidates, asking them to support a Secular Statement supporting freedom of religion or belief and separation of church and state. The statement is based on the Dublin Declaration on Secularism and the Place of Religion in Public...