The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Local Government is discussing the Electoral Reform Bill 2020. Atheist Ireland has written to the Committee, asking them to protect our democracy from the undue influence of money between elections. Dear Committee Member, We note that your Committee met on...
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The Oireachtas Justice Committee is scrutinising the Dying with Dignity Bill 2020. This is a submission from Atheist Ireland responding to questions raised by the Committee. Define the problem/the policy issue which the Bill is designed to address; to what extent is it an issue...
This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC:SUBJECT|* || *|DATE:j F, Y|* View in browser | Update preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward | Contact us Editorial How the Catholic Church has harmed Ireland...
This article is written by Peter Hinchliffe, who runs the Atheist Ireland Kerry Group. A few weeks ago a local paper asked if I could submit responses to questions raised by the issue of RTEs sketch showing the Abrahamic god being arrested for the rape...
Atheist Ireland, the Evangelical Alliance of Ireland, and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Ireland have jointly written to the Minister for Education about religious discrimination in the hiring of Chaplains in ETB schools. The WRC found in a recent case that a Designated ETB Community...
This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by emai Editorial How the Catholic Church has harmed Ireland The Mother and Baby Homes report is the latest reminder of how the Catholic Church evangelised Irish culture,...
In the aftermath of the Mother and Baby Homes report, Seamus McKenna outlines how the Irish Catholic Church has harmed our people, our schools, and our democracy. On the 12th of January 2021 the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related...
In Ireland atheists, humanists and the non-religious cannot take high office because of the requirement to take a religious oath in our Constitution. Atheist Ireland runs a ‘One Oath For All’ campaign, to enable conscientious atheists to hold the office of President, Judge, Taoiseach, or...
This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Editorial The Catholic Church evangelises cultures The Mother and Baby Homes report naively suggests that the Catholic Church merely reflected the values of Irish society....