Atheist Ireland, the Evangelical Alliance of Ireland, and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Ireland welcome that the Report of the Commission of the Defence Forces, published yesterday, has recommended that: A number of outdated practices should be discontinued, including but not limited to the convening...
This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Editorial The making of ‘Debutante’ and the power of film ‘Debutante’, a short Irish film about religious control and coming-of-age, has had a wonderful reaction...
‘Debutante’, a short Irish film about religious control and coming-of-age, has had a wonderful reaction since it was completed last year. It won Best Irish Fiction Short at the Kerry International Film Festival, and has three nominations for the Richard Harris International Film Festival. In...
The Supreme Court has ruled in the Burke case that the Department of Education exceeded its jurisdiction, by disregarding the constitutional rights of home-schooled students when it was implementing a new leaving certificate scheme during the Covid pandemic. The Department had argued in the case...
This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Editorial Letter from Minister and Catholic Schools Survey The Minister for Education Norma Foley has replied to a letter from Atheist Ireland about the...
The Minister for Education Norma Foley has replied to a letter from Atheist Ireland about the right to not attend religious instruction in schools and a recent anti-abortion video shown in a school. Here is the Minister’s reply and our reply to her. Letter from...
A report by Genesis published this week by Catholic education groups shows clearly that the Catholic Church’s control over State-funded schools in Ireland must end. The results are devastating for State funding of Catholic schools, contrary to the misleading spin its publishers are pushing. The...
This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Editorial Catholic Schools Week is evangelising, not inclusive This coming week is Catholic Schools Week, during which publicly funded schools run by Catholic Bishops will...
The Irish Times has published an article about this week’s Catholic Schools Week by Marie Griffin, chairperson of the Catholic Education Partnership. The article claims that Catholic Schools are places where everyone, of all faiths and none, is accepted and welcomed. If Catholic Schools wanted...
This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Editorial The influence of religious ethos in schools In Ireland it is legally possible for schools to influence your child into a religious way...