Politics

26 December 2021

Misuse of public funds regarding religious instruction in schools Part 3 of 3

Atheist Ireland has sent a major report to the Comptroller and Auditor General and the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee. We are arguing that the Department of Education and the NCCA are misusing public funds by ignoring constitutional conditions about the right to not attend religious...

26 December 2021

Misuse of public funds regarding religious instruction in schools Part 2 of 3

Atheist Ireland has sent a major report to the Comptroller and Auditor General and the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee. We are arguing that the Department of Education and the NCCA are misusing public funds by ignoring constitutional conditions about the right to not attend religious...

20 December 2021

Atheist Ireland report to Public Accounts Committee and C&AG

Atheist Ireland sent this report to the Public Accounts Committee and the Comptroller and Auditor General in December 2021 on the Misuse of Public Funds by the Department of Education and the NCCA. [pdf-embedder url="https://atheistireland.demoworkspace.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/AI-Public-Accounts-Submission-Dec-21.pdf" title="AI Public Accounts Submission Dec 21"]

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28 November 2021

Another busy year for Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland has had another busy year, culminating in our Annual General Meeting yesterday which was held online. Here is a summary of some of our activities over the past twelve months. As well as the national activities below, we support atheist and secular groups...

21 November 2021

Email from Department of Education to Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland has received the following email from the Department of Education, in response to our submission to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education.. Atheist Ireland via email michael@michaelnugent.com 26th November 2021 Dear Ms. Donnelly and Mr. Nugent I refer to your letter of the...

19 October 2021

Atheist Ireland asks Government to amend the Equality Acts to protect nonreligious beliefs

Atheist Ireland has made the following submission to the Department of Justice’s consultation on the review of the Equality Acts. You can make a submission yourself, before 29th November, after reading the details on the Department’s website. Please feel free to include points that we...

11 October 2021

The Frontline Workers Public Holiday should not be linked with religion

Atheist Ireland has sent the following letter to the Taoiseach and members of the Cabinet. The purpose of the new public holiday is to mark the efforts of frontline workers during the Covid pandemic. The most obvious way to do that is to call it...

30 September 2021

The proposed new bank holiday should be inclusive not religious

If the Government is to introduce a new bank holiday, it should not be named after or associated with any religious or atheistic figure or belief. It should simply be an inclusive public holiday for everybody, regardless of their religious beliefs or nonreligious philosophical convictions....

19 September 2021

International funding of political campaigns against sexual and reproductive rights

This article covers: Part 1 — Funding of Political Campaigns of Religious Bodies Part 2 — EPF Report on International Funding of Religious Bodies Part 3 — EPF Report on Agenda Europe Discussion Document Part 4 — Protecting Democracy from Big Money Between Elections Part...

8 September 2021

Zappone scandal shows need to protect legal definition of political purposes

The Katherine Zappone scandal shows quite clearly what everybody knows: that most political influence is sought and granted or not between elections, not merely during the few weeks of a formal election or referendum campaign. That is why Atheist Ireland is lobbying to strengthen, not...