Atheist Ireland | September 2011

27/09/2011 Michael Nugent

Atheist Ireland attends OSCE human rights conference in Warsaw

Atheist Ireland chairperson Michael Nugent and Education Policy Officer Jane Donnelly are in Poland today for the OSCE Human Rights Conference on Human Rights. This is the first time an Irish atheist advocacy group has taken part in an OSCE event. We will highlight the need for a secular Irish ...

25/09/2011 nozzferrahhtoo

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, judiciary, An Garda Siochana and ...

09/09/2011 Michael Nugent

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 to the Forum, which consists ...

07/09/2011 Michael Nugent

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 were questioned by the Advisory ...

01/09/2011 nozzferrahhtoo

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. The LA Times this month ...