This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Editorial Discrimination against atheist teachers A new cross-border research survey has confirmed that non-religious teachers are hiding or suppressing their beliefs in schools with a...
Atheist Ireland met with Department of Education and NCCA on 6 May 2022 to discuss the misuse of public funds with regard to the teaching of religion in Irish schools. This is the presentation that we made to that meeting. [pdf-embedder url="https://atheistireland.demoworkspace.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/AI-Dept-Ed-Mtg-Slides.pdf" title="AI Dept Ed...
A new cross-border research survey supports the argument that Atheist Ireland has made for years: that non-religious teachers are hiding or suppressing their beliefs in schools with a religious ethos for fear of the impact on their careers. Chris Hind, Atheist Ireland Teachers Officer, says:...
This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Editorial Religious marriages and State-funded schools The new marriage figures show that since 2016, the percentage of religious marriages in Ireland has dropped from 67.4%...
Yesterday we reported on what we described as the rise in nonreligious marriages in Ireland since 2016. That is a fair description when you look at the percentages, as religious marriages have dropped from 67.4% to 56.7%, and nonreligious marriages have risen from 32.6% to...
In the five years since 2016, the percentage of religious marriages in Ireland has dropped from 67.4% to 56.7%, Roman Catholic marriages have dropped from 56.3% to 39%, and nonreligious marriages have risen from 32.6% to 43.3%. This shows the need for the State to...
Atheist Ireland has made the following input to a United Nations report about combating intolerance, negative stereotyping, stigmatisation, discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against persons, based on religion or belief, as set forth in UN Resolution 76/157. Contents 1. The need to consistently use...
This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Editorial Atheist Ireland writes to Minister for Finance about Schools Atheist Ireland has written to Paschal Donohoe TD, Minister for FInance, regarding the misuse of...
Atheist Ireland has written the following letter to Paschal Donohoe TD, Minister for FInance, regarding the misuse of public funds in Irish schools. Dear Minister Donohoe, We wish to make a complaint about the misuse of public funds in relation to the criteria by which...
Atheist Ireland has made the following submission to the review of the operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018. Which parts of the Act have not operated well? Conscientious objection: Nearly 50% of maternity hospitals do not provide full abortion services,...