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12 June 2022

The right to not attend religious instruction and the misuse of public funds in Irish schools

Since last year Atheist Ireland has been raising the issue of the misuse of public funds in Irish schools that do not respect the constitutional condition of state funding that children have a right to not attend religious instruction. Following the Minister for Education’s recent...

12 June 2022

Catholic Bishops lobby for the right to discriminate against non-Catholic children

Catholic Bishops lobbied the Government last June to change the law, so they could once again be allowed to discriminate against non-Catholic children in access to publicly funded primary schools. RTE’s Emma O’Kelly reported that the Bishops said their support for divesting a small number...

5 June 2022

Secular Sunday #545 – The right to not attend religious instruction

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 not attend religious instruction   Article 44.2.4 the Constitution protects the right of any child to attend a school receiving public money...

5 June 2022

Minister for Education gives misleading Dail answer about the right to not attend religious instruction

When protecting the right of children to not attend religious instruction in schools receiving public money, it is important to use the language in the Constitution. In particular, the right to “not attend” must not be conflated with “opting out” or “not participating”. These ambiguous...

29 May 2022

Secular Sunday #544 – The Constitutional rights of parents

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*   Editorial The Constitutional rights of parents   Atheist Ireland continues to campaign to protect the constitutional rights of all families in the education system. Parents have...

29 May 2022

The constitutional rights of nonreligious parents in Irish schools

For years Atheist Ireland has been campaigning to protect the constitutional rights of all families in the education system. Parents have positive inalienable rights regarding the education of their children, and nonreligious parents have the same positive rights as religious parents. These rights come under:...

22 May 2022

Secular Sunday #543 – Adam the Ape and Our Goddamn Wedding

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 Adam the Ape and Our Goddamn Wedding...

22 May 2022

Adam The Ape – A Book Review

Aideen Hamill, an Irish atheist in Secondary School, reviews Adam the Ape by Wolfgang Wambach Richard Dawkins is probably the most famous evolutionary biologist in the world today. I recently read his book ‘Outgrowing God’, which is aimed at a younger audience. Having really enjoyed...

15 May 2022

Secular Sunday #542 – The National Maternity Hospital

This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*   Editorial The National Maternity Hospital   Atheist Ireland joined protesters outside the Dáil yesterday to call for the new National Maternity Hospital to be publicly-owned and...

13 May 2022

The National Maternity Hospital must be public and secular

There will be a rally outside the Dáil at 2pm this Saturday, 14 May, organised by the Our Maternity Hospital campaign, of which Atheist Ireland is a member. The very fact that the Government has to try so hard to reassure us that the hospital...