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14 November 2021

Secular Sunday #516 – Curriculum Religious Education is Discrimination

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email   Editorial Curriculum Religious Education is Discrimination   Curriculum Religious Education in Ireland breaches the Constitution. It aims to develop values in students from atheist and secular families...

7 November 2021

Secular Sunday #515 – The new National Maternity Hospital

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email   Editorial The new National Maternity Hospital   Atheist Ireland joined a meeting this week of women’s rights groups and secular groups that want the State to own...

7 November 2021

Support the campaign for the State to own and manage the new National Maternity Hospital

Atheist Ireland joined a meeting this week of women’s rights groups and secular groups that want the State to own and manage the new National Maternity Hospital. The meeting was convened by Jo Tully, chairperson of the Campaign Against Church Ownership of Women’s Healthcare. This...

2 November 2021

Atheist Ireland asks NCCA to address impact of school ethos on teaching of sex education

Atheist Ireland has made the following submission to the NCCA about the redevelopment of Junior Cycle Social, Personal, and Health Education (SPHE). We are making this submission in the context of our submission from October 2019 on the Review of Relationship and Sexuality Education (RSE)...

31 October 2021

Secular Sunday #514 – Rights of the Child and a Book Launch

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*   Editorial Rights of the Child and a Book Launch   The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth is preparing Ireland’s 5th/6th State Report to...

31 October 2021

Atheist Ireland asks Department to protect rights of children from secular families in schools

The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth is preparing Ireland’s 5th/6th State Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. Atheist Ireland has made the following submission to the consultation on the draft State Report. We are making this submission...

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24 October 2021

Secular Sunday #513 – The positive right to hold atheist beliefs

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email   Editorial The positive right to hold atheist beliefs   Atheist Ireland made a submission this week to the Department of Justice’s review of the Equality Acts. We...

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19 October 2021

Atheist Ireland asks Government to amend the Equality Acts to protect nonreligious beliefs

Atheist Ireland has made the following submission to the Department of Justice’s consultation on the review of the Equality Acts. You can make a submission yourself, before 29th November, after reading the details on the Department’s website. Please feel free to include points that we...

17 October 2021

Secular Sunday #512 – The right to protection from discrimination as an atheist

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*   Editorial The right to protection from discrimination as an atheist   Atheist Ireland has sent a submission to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission’s consultation...

14 October 2021

Atheist Ireland asks IHREC to protect the positive right to nonreligious philosophical beliefs

Atheist Ireland sent this submission to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission’s consultation for their Strategy Statement 2022-24. We have also taken part in a follow-up meeting about our submission. We are asking the Commission to protect the positive right to nonreligious philosophical beliefs,...