On 30 June 2013, Atheist Ireland’s international conference in Dublin on Empowering Women Through Secularism discussed and adopted the following declaration. We are launching it today at the Atheist Ireland AGM in the Harbour Hotel in Galway. 1. Secular Values in Society The secular values...
This is Kate Smurthwaite’s closing address at the international conference on Empowering Women Through Secularism hosted by Atheist Ireland in Dublin in June 2013.
... This week’s newsletter is a little more compact than usual, which is entirely due to all the important work we’re doing behind the scenes and not at all because I spent most of yesterday listening to TED talks and most of today looking at aeroplanes....
Another extra long Second Sunday brunch has led to this newsletter being quite late again. Isn’t it great to be an atheist and have your Sundays free? Anyway, we have some important news about our AGM and the usual other bits and pieces. – Derek...
September signals the end of the summer and if you are a parent (or indeed a student) it means back to school. As well as making sure uniforms and bags are in order, it can also mean having to deal with religious indoctrination. If your...
Regular readers will know that this newsletter usually features atheism-related posts from bloggers based in Ireland. Sometimes those definitions are stretched if I think a post is particularly interesting or if there’s a dearth of more relevant posts. And occasionally, like this week, I just...
It’s been a relatively quiet week for Atheist Ireland but that doesn’t mean there’s not plenty going on behind the scenes. As well as our forthcoming AGM, there are a number of other projects underway that we hope will benefit our members, help expand our...
As today is the second Sunday of the month, I spent much of the afternoon at one of Atheist Ireland’s monthly brunches (although brunch might be the wrong term for something that goes on until 5:00 in the afternoon). It’s a regular event and I...
The UN Human Rights Committee is preparing to adopt a list of issues about Ireland at its session from 14 October to 1 November. Yesterday was the closing date for emailing submissions to the UN Human Rights Committee asking them to raise issues with Ireland....
We have a small amount of big(ish) news this week, as well as a substantial amount of smaller news. And some cracking blog posts. And details of upcoming events. All of it’s worth reading on for. This part is mostly just filler. So you can...