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26 December 2021

Misuse of public funds regarding religious instruction in schools Part 1 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...

20 December 2021

Atheist Ireland report to Public Accounts Committee and C&AG

Atheist Ireland sent this report to the Public Accounts Committee and the Comptroller and Auditor General in December 2021 on the Misuse of Public Funds by the Department of Education and the NCCA. [pdf-embedder url="https://atheistireland.demoworkspace.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/AI-Public-Accounts-Submission-Dec-21.pdf" title="AI Public Accounts Submission Dec 21"]

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19 December 2021

Secular Sunday #521 – Parents’ rights and secular morality

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*   *|MC:SUBJECT|* || *|DATE:j F, Y|* View in browser | Update preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward | Contact us Editorial Parents’ rights and secular morality   In...

12 December 2021

Secular Sunday #520 – The campaign for secular schools

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email   Editorial The campaign for secular schools   As Ireland becomes more secular, it is increasingly untenable that the Catholic Church should control 90% of our primary schools,...

5 December 2021

Secular Sunday #519 – Freedom From Religion Foundation TV Show

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*   Editorial Freedom From Religion Foundation TV Show   Michael Nugent did a half-hour interview on Freethought Matters, the TV show of the Freedom From Religion Foundation...

28 November 2021

Secular Sunday #518 – Another busy year for Atheist Ireland

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28 November 2021

Another busy year for Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland has had another busy year, culminating in our Annual General Meeting yesterday which was held online. Here is a summary of some of our activities over the past twelve months. As well as the national activities below, we support atheist and secular groups...

21 November 2021

Secular Sunday #517 – The One Oath For All Campaign

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*   Editorial The One Oath For All Campaign   This week Roisin Shortall TD and asked the European Court of Human Rights to rule against the religious...

21 November 2021

Email from Department of Education to Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland has received the following email from the Department of Education, in response to our submission to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education.. Atheist Ireland via email michael@michaelnugent.com 26th November 2021 Dear Ms. Donnelly and Mr. Nugent I refer to your letter of the...

18 November 2021

The political campaign continues to remove the religious oaths in the Irish constitution

The religious oaths in the Irish Constitution for President and members of the Council of State still contravene human rights law, and today’s ruling by the European Court of Human Rights has not found otherwise. Indeed, the European Court has previously found in the cases...