Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday

24 January 2021

Secular Sunday #474 – How the Catholic Church has harmed Ireland

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by emai   Editorial How the Catholic Church has harmed Ireland   The Mother and Baby Homes report is the latest reminder of how the Catholic Church evangelised Irish culture,...

17 January 2021

Secular Sunday #473 – The Catholic Church evangelises cultures

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*   Editorial The Catholic Church evangelises cultures   The Mother and Baby Homes report naively suggests that the Catholic Church merely reflected the values of Irish society....

10 January 2021

Secular Sunday #472 – The Ghost of Ireland Past

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email   Editorial The Ghost of Ireland Past   This week RTE backed down to demands that they remove a supposedly blasphemous comedy sketch from their online player. The...

3 January 2021

Secular Sunday #471 – Bishops want ‘blasphemous’ item removed

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*   Editorial Bishops want ‘blasphemous’ item removed   Happy new year to all of our readers! The Catholic Bishops have started the new year by returning to...

27 December 2020

Secular Sunday #470 – An eventful year

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email   Editorial An eventful year   Atheist Ireland has had an eventful 2020. The blasphemy law was finally removed from the Statute books, the Government is removing religious...

20 December 2020

Secular Sunday #469 – Free Speech and hate speech

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email   Editorial Free Speech and hate speech   The Department of Justice has released a report on its public consultation about hate speech. It tries to strike a...

17 November 2013

Secular Sunday #99 – Into the West

There’s a lot going on this week, all over the country. If you’re in Galway in particular, make sure to check out either or both of Atheist Ireland’s events there. See the Calendar section for full details. I will be spending most of the coming...

10 November 2013

Secular Sunday #98 – Remember, Remember

I hate to nag but the world won’t just change itself. There are a few fairly easy ways you can help our cause of promoting atheism, reason and an ethical, secular state. To make it even easier, I’ve grouped them all together in one section....

3 November 2013

Secular Sunday #97 – More to Read

If your thirst for reading about all things atheistic is not entirely quenched by my weekly outpourings, you’re in luck. This week there’s a chance to win a book, which you can read between newsletters. Lots of other news too, so don’t stop there. And...

27 October 2013

Secular Sunday #96 – Pick ‘n’ Mix

So here we are again. Quite a lot to keep you busy this week, whether you like political campaigning, reading about atheism, watching people argue about religion, or even getting the experience of church without any of that God malarkey. Take what you like and...