Atheist Ireland welcomes the published wording of the proposed amendment of the Constitution on around 25 October to repeal the offence of blasphemy. Atheist Ireland will be meeting this afternoon with officials in the Department of Justice, to clarify any technical or logistical questions that...
Atheist Ireland welcomes the announcement that our decade-long campaign for a referendum on the blasphemy law has been successful. We will finally be able to vote in October to remove this anachronistic, silly, and dangerous clause from our constitution. The blasphemy ban is anachronistic, because...
This referendum sees the fall of the Catholic Berlin Wall that has kept a pluralist Irish people trapped within the laws of a Catholic Irish Constitution. Pregnant Irish women will now have the same right, to equality before the law, that gay couples have had...
Still undecided? Ten good reasons to vote Yes this Friday
...A look at the Atheist Ireland campaign to repeal the 8th Amendment. *updated version of an article first published 18/03/2017 We are nearing the end of the very long road to repeal. These final few weeks of campaigning are the accumulation of years of hard...
Are you still undecided about the referendum? Do you want to know more about the history of the amendment, medical issues, views from maternity services and the rape crisis network, and the practicalities of canvassing? Atheist Ireland held an Information Evening yesterday about why we...
What are your Reasons to Repeal the 8th Amendment? Atheist Ireland have asked our members and supporters their Reasons to Repeal the 8th Amendment. Today’s Reason to Repeal is with thanks to Maeve in Galway. #Together4Yes for Savita.
...What are your Reasons to Repeal the 8th Amendment? Atheist Ireland have asked our members and supporters their Reasons to Repeal the 8th Amendment. Today’s Reason to Repeal is with thanks to Lothar Luken. Innocent – unless put on a guilt trip Back in Germany...
What are your Reasons to Repeal the 8th Amendment? Atheist Ireland have asked our members and supporters their Reasons to Repeal the 8th Amendment. Today’s Reason to Repeal is from Helen. My reason to repeal – forced sex is a crime, forced surgery is a...
What are your Reasons to Repeal the 8th Amendment? Atheist Ireland have asked our members and supporters their Reasons to Repeal the 8th Amendment. We will publish these over the coming weeks. “This amendment came in the same year I was born. I have far...