Atheist Ireland is writing to all election candidates asking their views on six questions that are central to building a rational, ethical society with a secular State that does not support any religion. We will publish the candidates’ replies before the election. We also ask...
Be Honest in the Irish Census on Sunday 10 April. Think before you tick your answer to the religion question, and give an answer that matches your actual religious affiliation. If you still believe in God but you are no longer truly a Roman Catholic,...
If you grew up as a Roman Catholic, and you still believe in God but you are no longer truly a Roman Catholic, please be honest in the Irish Census on Sunday 10 April. Think before you tick your answer to the religion question, and...
Atheist Ireland is proud to be hosting the 2011 Atheist Alliance International Conference in Europe. We will keep you posted as soon as the full program and other details are confirmed.
...Here is an article I wrote for today’s Irish Times. Give us a state that’s not religious nor atheist, but secular ATHEISM PROVIDES a better model of reality, and a better basis for morality, than believing in gods. Atheists can enjoy the benefits that many...
Atheist Ireland wants a change to the Education (Amendment) Bill 2010, which is being debated this week in the Dail, to ensure the right of parents to a secular education based on human rights law in new VEC primary schools. The Bill will allow VECs...
This week 60 years ago, on the request of the Roman Catholic Archbishop John Charles McQuaid, Radio Eireann started to broadcast the Angelus. This daily call to prayer, still gifted by RTE to the Roman Catholic Church as a free prime time advertisement, has no...
At our AGM last Saturday, Atheist Ireland adopted the following amended version of the Copenhagen Declaration on Religion in Public Life. The original version was written and adopted by delegates at the world atheist conference “Gods and Politics” held in Copenhagen from 18-20 June 2010....
Atheist Ireland launched a new campaign for a secular state on Saturday, July 17th, at our second AGM, held in the Davenport Hotel in Dublin. The meeting also announced a major international atheist conference to be held in Dublin next year, co-hosted by Atheist Ireland...
At the beginning of February 2009 DUP assemblyman Mervin Storey highlighted to us the decreasing quality of politicians in the island of Ireland when he whinged about a top Northern Irish museum failing to give equal time to creationism in it’s exhibitions. Out of touch...