Politics

18 October 2013

A Secular Constitution for a Pluralist People – Atheist Ireland Submission to Constitutional Convention

Atheist Ireland has today made this submission to the Constitutional Convention. 1. Executive Summary 1.1 Atheist Ireland is an advocacy group for atheism, reason and ethical secularism. We are the only advocacy group in Ireland that promotes the political cause of separation of church and...

18 October 2013

Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Without Discrimination – Atheist Ireland Submission to Constitutional Convention

Atheist Ireland has today made this submission to the Constitutional Convention. 1. Atheist Ireland and our reasons for making this submission 1.1 Atheist Ireland is an advocacy group for atheism, reason and ethical secularism. We are participants in the dialogue process between the Government and...

3 October 2013

Atheist Ireland promotes human rights of atheists at OSCE international human rights conference in Poland

Michael Nugent speaking at OSCE human rights conference Jane Donnelly speaking at OSCE human rights conference Michael Nugent and Jane Donnelly of Atheist Ireland spoke at the OSCE’s international human rights implementation conference in Warsaw, Poland, last week. This annual conference monitors how OSCE states...

10 August 2013

Atheist Ireland asks UN Human Rights Committee to raise secular issues with Ireland

The UN Human Rights Committee is preparing to adopt a list of issues about Ireland at its session from 14 October to 1 November. Yesterday was the closing date for emailing submissions to the UN Human Rights Committee asking them to raise issues with Ireland....

25 July 2013

Ask Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore not to swear the religious oath next Monday

Atheist Ireland has today written to Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore, to remind him that next Monday, as a member of the Council of State, he will become the first Irish person to be asked to swear a Constitutional oath in the presence of a god that...

19 July 2013

Atheist Ireland asks Constitutional Convention to remove blasphemy offence

Atheist Ireland has today made the following submission to the Irish Constitutional Convention, seeking the removal of the offence of blasphemy from the Irish Constitution. 1. Executive summary 1. Atheist Ireland is an advocacy group for atheism, reason and ethical secularism. We are participants in...

10 April 2013

An open letter to fellow members of the Humanist Association of Ireland by Andrew Devine-Rattigan

Dear fellow members of the Humanist Association of Ireland, I address you all in relation to the Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill that came in to law after being passed by the Dail in December 2012. Many of you may feel that on the face of...

6 April 2013

Has the Humanist Association of Ireland legally denied that it promotes a political cause?

In an email newsletter last night, the Humanist Association of Ireland has announced that the first legal Humanist marriage ceremony will take place today, Saturday 6 April, performed by a HAI celebrant, with Government Minister Joan Burton attending. But the confusing announcement raises the significant...

9 February 2013

Atheist Ireland to meet with Irish Government this year

Atheist Ireland will be meeting with the Irish Government this year for a bilateral meeting under the process of structured dialogue between the State and churches, faith communities and philosophical and other non-confessional bodies. We first requested this meeting last year, and we requested it...

21 January 2013

Atheist Ireland requests meeting with government as partner in dialogue process

Atheist Ireland has written to the Taoiseach requesting to meet him and ministers and officials, under the structured process of dialogue between the Government and churches, faith bodies and non-confessional bodies. Atheist Ireland is a partner in this dialogue process, having been accepted as such...