Interview about Atheist Ireland for skyzthelimi7 and Atheism TV
21/12/2011

Interview about Atheist Ireland for skyzthelimi7 and Atheism TV

Last week Randall Calvin interviewed Atheist Ireland chairperson Michael Nugent for skyzthelimi7 and Atheism TV.

We must respect human rights of parents who want secular schools
15/12/2011

We must respect human rights of parents who want secular schools

The Irish Independent today published this article by Michael Nugent about the human right to a secular education. It includes the key points that Atheist Ireland made in our response to the interim report of the Forum for Patronage and Pluralism in Irish Education. The final report will be given ...

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80% support for total separation of church and state, says new report
12/12/2011

80% support for total separation of church and state, says new report

Atheist Ireland welcomes the findings, from today’s report by We The Citizens, that more than eight in every ten Irish people want the church and state to be totally separate, and that 65% strongly agree that this should happen. We also welcome that seven in every ten Irish people want ...

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The really, truly True Believer™ of the Month Award November 2011
03/12/2011

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

Spates of angry Amish hair cutting and Satan turning people gay in the womb were all brushed aside by a landslide victory from Iraq this month. The story that so swamped our polls was of 17-year-old student Rand Abdel-Qader - beaten to death by her father for her crush on ...

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Setting Prometheus Free: a lecture by AC Grayling for Atheist Ireland
02/12/2011

Setting Prometheus Free: a lecture by AC Grayling for Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland is hosting a series of occasional lectures by prominent atheists. Here is the first one, with Professor AC Grayling, speaking last month in Dublin.

Atheist Ireland response to Forum on Patronage and Pluralism
01/12/2011

Atheist Ireland response to Forum on Patronage and Pluralism

Ensuring Effective Remedies for an Objective, Critical and Pluralistic Secular Education Atheist Ireland has responded to the interim report of the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism. The Forum is to send its final report to the Minister for Education by the end of December. We have four overriding recommendations for ...

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