Atheism

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...

2 March 2016

Atheist Alliance International publishes Gender Balance Report

In a project instigated by Atheist Ireland, Atheist Alliance International has published a Gender Balance Report. It was coordinated by John Hamill, Atheist Ireland’s representative on the AAI Board, with input from Ashling O’Brien, Atheist Ireland’s Regional Officer, and Professor Sabina Brennan of the School...

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...

17 January 2016

Come to the World Rationalist Conference in Tallinn, Estonia, on 23-24 April

Michael Nugent will be speaking at the next World Conference of Rationalist International, on 23-24 April, in the Baltic city of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, a secular EU country. We hope to have some other Atheist Ireland members there also, and we look forward...

5 November 2015

Catholic school cancels invitation to Atheist Ireland chairperson to speak to final year students

Catholic School Cancels Invitation Atheist Ireland chairperson Michael Nugent was scheduled to speak today to the final year students at a Dublin-based Dominican girl’s secondary school. It would have been the first time that a representative of an atheist advocacy group had spoken at a...

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...

29 April 2015

Atheist Ireland to host Irish premier of ‘A Better Life: Joy & Meaning Without God’ on Friday 8 May

Next week, Atheist Ireland is hosting the Irish premier of the movie ‘A Better Life: An Exploration of Joy & Meaning in a World Without God’, followed by a Q&A with the director/producer Chris Johnson. It starts at 7.30pm on Friday 8 May, in the...

14 April 2015

Atheist Student Prays for Peace from College Chaplains Email

On 27th March of this year, a student at Dundalk IT called Nadia Williams, published a blog post that earned very widespread media coverage in Ireland and beyond. Nadia’s piece described unwanted proselytising from the college and the story was described in national newspapers, such...

24 July 2014

UN Human Rights Committee tells Ireland to stop breaching the human rights of atheists and minority faiths

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...

2 July 2014

How an atheist blogger converted to Catholicism – Michael Nugent talks to Leah Libresco

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.

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