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25 September 2011

The price of Sky Pilots

Guest post by Atheist Ireland member GT. —————————————- In a recent letter to the Irish Independent a correspondent noted that the Irish state’s new law term on the 3rd of October will commence with a roman catholic mass attended by representatives of the legal profession,...

9 September 2011

Atheist Ireland meets Irish Government Forum on Primary Education Part 2

Here is a summary of the questions and answers part of the meeting last Tuesday between Michael Nugent and Jane Donnelly of Atheist Ireland, and the Department of Education’s Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector. We were questioned by the Advisory Group...

7 September 2011

Atheist Ireland meets Irish Government Forum on Primary Education

Yesterday, Tuesday September 6, Michael Nugent and Jane Donnelly attended the Department of Education’s Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector. We were there to elaborate on, and answer questions about, the written submission that Atheist Ireland previously made to the Forum. We...

1 September 2011

The really, truly True Believer™ of the Month Award August 2011

Back to form after last month’s horrific pedophile story being a clear winner, there is a two way tie again this month in the voting for the August prize, which should add to the horror of trying to pick an overall 2011 winner in January....

2 August 2011

The really, truly True Believer™ of the Month Award July 2011

Unusually there was one clear winner this month but the surprise fades away when one realizes why as it is yet another example of Religion being involved in the sexual abuse, and justification and/or cover up of the sexual abuse, of Children. Despite some votes...

27 July 2011

This house rejects atheism – a response

The following video is on our YouTube channel. It’s Professor Brian Bocking at a UCC debate last year, proposing the motion ‘that this house rejects atheism’. For context, Professor Bocking founded UCC’s Study of Religions Department, which studies theories of religion and atheism in a...

19 July 2011

Atheists in the Pub – Dublin

Another month, another Atheists in the Pub! It’s happening in MacTurcaill’s on Tara Street, near Tara St. Station from 7pm Thursday 21st of July in the snug area located at the centre of the bar. If you would like to set up a meeting in...

1 July 2011

The really, truly True Believer™ of the Month Award June 2011

In the true style of it being impossible for Atheists to agree on just about everything, Junes believer award was a three way split between the comical, the serious and the tragic showing that the vagaries of religion can leave us open mouth at just...

22 June 2011

Teaching about Religions and Beliefs

by Jane Donnelly   The Mater Dei Institute is at it again. Link to the pdf of their Submission to the Forum on Education In their Submission to the Forum on Education they again recommend the Toledo Guiding Principles but state that this education cannot...

8 June 2011

Dublin Declaration on Secularism and the Place of Religion in Public Life

On Sunday 5 June 2011, the World Atheist Convention in Dublin discussed and adopted the following declaration on secularism and the place of religion in public life. Please discuss and promote it with your friends and colleagues, and if you are a a member of...