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19 August 2012

Secular Sunday #34 – Woo Fighters

It’s time for another Secular Sunday! In this issue: News Upcoming Events Woo Fighters

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18 August 2012

Civil society groups ask Government to include twelve nominees on expert panel for Constitutional Convention

Irish civil society groups are asking the Government to include twelve nominees on the expert panel for the coming Constitutional Convention. The nominees include Atheist Ireland chairperson Michael Nugent and Oxford Brookes University professor David Nash on the topic of blasphemy; and Michael Nugent on...

17 August 2012

Freedom from Religion Foundation ends bias against non-Catholics attending Milwaukee Irish Fest

Atheist Ireland has contacted the Milwaukee Irish Fest to thank them for ending an illegal discrimination against non-Catholics in their admission charges, that was brought to their attention by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. We are also sending $100 to the Freedom From Religion Foundation...

12 August 2012

Secular Sunday #33 – No Sects Please, We're Irish

Welcome to this week’s Secular Sunday. In this issue: News Upcoming Events Blogs

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12 August 2012

Secular Sunday #33 – No Sects Please, We’re Irish

Welcome to this week’s Secular Sunday. In this issue: News Upcoming Events Blogs

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11 August 2012

Leaving the Eastern Orthodox Clergy: Victor Diac talks to Dublin Atheists in the Pub

Victor Diac from Romania discusses leaving the Eastern Orthodox clergy at the Dublin Atheists in the Pub evening hosted by Atheist Ireland on 9 August 2012.

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8 August 2012

Irish People Abandoning Religion

Irish people are among the least religious in the world. That’s according to the latest Global Index of Religion and Atheism released by WIN-Gallup International. The index is based on surveys conducted in 57 countries, representing more than 73% of the world’s population.

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5 August 2012

Secular Sunday #32 – A Good Society

Welcome to this week’s Secular Sunday. In this issue: News Upcoming Events News Atheist Ireland’s Annual General Meeting has been confirmed for a weekend in mid-September. We haven’t finalised the date because we’re waiting on the availability of Sanal Edamaruku (president of Rationalist International and...

29 July 2012

Secular Sunday #31 – Making a Difference

It’s Secular Sunday time! In this issue: News Upcoming Events Bloggage

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28 July 2012

Atheism and science: Aoife McLysaght talks to Dublin Atheists in the Pub

Aoife McLysaght of TCD Genetics Dept talks at Dublin Atheists in the Pub, July 2012. She talks about how we become atheists, a new book called the Young Atheists’s Handbook by former Muslim Alom Shaha, the Giant’s Causeway creationist controversy, and defending science against religious...