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16 January 2022

Irish schools ignore legal limits on how religious ethos can influence students

In Ireland it is legally possible for schools to influence your child into a religious way of life, but only to some degree. In practice, the State and schools ignore this limit, and enforce their religious ethos in a way that is contrary to the...

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10 January 2022

Atheist Ireland raises religious discrimination in Irish schools with UN and C&AG

Atheist Ireland has asked the United Nations to raise religious discrimination in Irish schools when it next questions Ireland on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. We have also made a complaint to the Irish Comptroller and Auditor General about the misuse of public funds regarding...

9 January 2022

Secular Sunday #524 – UN Committee to question Ireland on education

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*   Editorial UN Committee to question Ireland on education   Atheist Ireland made a submission this week to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural...

9 January 2022

Atheist Ireland asks UN Committee to question Ireland about education

Atheist Ireland has made this submission to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which is preparing its list of issues for its next questioning of Ireland. Contents and Questions Introduction to Atheist Ireland Article 2 — Progressive Realisation of Rights Article...

2 January 2022

Secular Sunday #523 – The religion question in this April’s census

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email   Editorial The religion question in this April’s census   Happy new year! The next Irish census will take place on 3 April. Atheist Ireland will be running...

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2 January 2022

The Constitutional rights of atheist families in Irish schools

Article 44.2.1 of the Constitution protects the right to freedom of conscience. This right is not just confined to a religious conscience. Atheists, humanists, and secular parents have exactly the same Constitutional rights with regard to our philosophical convictions as religious parents have with regard...

2 January 2022

The next Irish census this April will confirm the rise of the nonreligious

The next Irish census will take place on 3 April 2022. It was postponed from last year due to the Covid pandemic. Atheist Ireland will be running a campaign asking people to answer the flawed religion question accurately, based on your current religious or nonreligious...

26 December 2021

Secular Sunday #522 – Misuse of public funds regarding religious instruction

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*   Editorial Misuse of public funds regarding religious instruction   We hope you had an enjoyable celebration yesterday of the turn of the season, as humans have...

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...