Michael Nugent of Atheist Ireland will be debating in London with Sami Zaatari of the Muslim Debate Initiative on Thursday 19 April at 6.30 pm. The topic is: “Is religion less relevant to modern society?” The venue is Friends House at 173-77 Euston Road. Admission...
Last Friday, Michael Nugent and Jane Donnelly attended a conference in Limerick titled Towards Mutual Ground: Religious Pluralism in Educational Practice in Irish Schools. It was organised by the Mater Dei Irish Centre for Religious Education, the PDST, and hosts Mary Immaculate College. Catherine O’Brien...
Hibernia College Dublin, in its Higher Diploma in Arts in Primary Education, is teaching as part of its Religion module several untrue statements about atheism and at least two defamatory allegations about modern atheists. This includes course notes that claim that “What bothers very few...
On Monday 20 February in University College Cork, Michael Nugent of Atheist Ireland debated Brendan O’Neill of Spiked magazine and Adnan Rashid of iERA on the merits of Catholicism, Islam and secularism. The debate was jointly organised by the UCC Philosophical, Atheist and Muslim Societies....
On Monday 20 February in University College Cork, Michael Nugent of Atheist Ireland debated Brendan O’Neill of Spiked magazine and Adnan Rashid of iERA on the merits of Catholicism, Islam and secularism. The debate was jointly organised by the UCC Philosophical, Atheist and Muslim Societies....
Has religion poisoned politics in Ireland? This debate was held on 5 December 2011 in Queens University Belfast, organized by the Belfast Humanist Group. Speaking for the motion were journalist Malachi O’Doherty, Atheist Ireland chairperson Michael Nugent and Jon Dickinson of QUB Humanist Society. Speaking...
Does religion do more harm than good? Here are the opening speeches from the debate in NUI Galway, on Thursday Feb 9 2012, between Michael Nugent, chairperson Atheist Ireland, and Adnan Rashid, Islamic Education and Research Academy. Michael Nugent proposing the motion Adnan Rashid opposing...
Is the world a better place with religion? Here are the opening speeches from the debate in Dublin Institute of Technology Bolton Street, on Tuesday Feb 7 2012, between Michael Nugent, chairperson Atheist Ireland, and Hamza Tzortzis, Islamic Education and Research Academy. Michael Nugent opposing...
Spates of angry Amish hair cutting and Satan turning people gay in the womb were all brushed aside by a landslide victory from Iraq this month. The story that so swamped our polls was of 17-year-old student Rand Abdel-Qader – beaten to death by her...
On October 27 Michael Nugent of Atheist Ireland took part in a debate at the TCD Philosophical Society on the motion that Scientology is as legitimate as any other religion. Other speakers included Mike Rinder, former chief spokesperson of the Church of Scientology; Irish anti-Scientology...