The Minister for Education has announced yet another consultation process in relation to religion and education. This time he hopes to pay the Catholic Church rent for school buildings, if they agree to a different Patron body running a small number of schools, while the...
In an interview with the Christian Broadcast Network, the American President Donald Trump has stated that he will introduce a new policy to prioritise Christians within the asylum process. Atheist Ireland is opposed to such policies, as an overt abuse of the human right to...
The Minister for Education, Richard Bruton, has formally launched his four-week consultation process on his plans to address the role of religion in school admissions. Please make a submission, however futile you may feel it to be. Atheist Ireland has prepared the template below for...
In a speech last week at the IPPN Conference, the Minister for Education said Community National Schools reflect international best practice in the area of faith and belief nurturing. He is wrong. He says that international best practice encourages schools to celebrate religious festivals and...
We at Atheist Ireland are sad to hear of the death of Sir Nigel Rodley, former Chairperson of the UN Human Rights Committee, a Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists, a trustee of Freedom from Torture, and UN Special Rapporteur on torture. He was...
TV3’s Ireland AM has invited and then removed Jane Donnelly, Human Rights Officer of Atheist Ireland, from an interview this Tuesday morning about the Baptism rule in Irish schools. TV3 told Atheist Ireland that Michael Barron of Equate had issued TV3 with an ultimatum that...
One of Atheist Ireland’s priorities this year will be campaigning for the right of atheists and religious minorities to access the teaching profession. As well as being able to legally discriminate against pupils and their parents, State funded Irish schools can also legally discriminate against...
The current edition of La Raison, the magazine of La Libre Pensee, has an interview with Michael Nugent about atheism and secularism in Ireland. It’s based on discussions with Philippe Besson last June. Here are screenshots of the interview.
... Catholic Bishop Denis Nulty has said that only 1% of students opt out of religion in Irish primary schools. We don’t know the reliability of the survey he is basing this figure on. But, if it is accurate, it simply proves that the opt out...
Atheist Ireland has made the following submission to the Citizens Assembly on the subject of abortion. Making Abortion Illegal is Not a Settled Moral Value – Our Laws Should Respect Individual Conscience Contents About Atheist Ireland We support repeal of the Eighth Amendment Abortion should...