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Secular Sunday #18 – Miscellanea
It's time for another Secular Sunday! In this issue: News Upcoming Events Sundries (more…)
Welcome to Secular Sunday. We have a packed issue this week so clear some space in your schedule and settle down with the beverage of your choice. In this issue: News Upcoming Events Atheists Down Under Remembering Hitch Beyond the Pale (more…)
Welcome to the latest Secular Sunday, the weekly newsletter of Atheist Ireland. In this issue: News Upcoming Events International Blasphemy News (more…)
Last Tuesday 10th April the Minister for Education & Skills released the Report from the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism. http://www.education.ie/home/home.jsp?maincat=&pcategory=10861&ecategory=10876§ionpage=12251&language=EN&link=link001&page=1&doc=56996 The Minister for Education & Skills has asked that the interested parties examine the report and take time to reflect on and digest the recommendations. The Minister will outline ...
It's time for Secular Sunday! In this issue: News Upcoming Events Census Graphics April is the cruellest month (more…)
Along with other civil society groups, Atheist Ireland is concerned that the format and agenda for the Government's proposed Constitutional Convention are too restrictive to bring about comprehensive change. As the Government seems likely to make a decision in the very near future, we have written the following letter to ...
Census The first results of last year's census have been released, and make interesting reading. Here are some of the highlights: 269,811 people selected the "No Religion" option for question 12, an increase of 44.8% over the 2006 census. Additionally, 3,905 people selected "Other" and wrote in "Atheist" (a 320% increase), ...
We are pleased to announce that the respected Irish writer John Waters will be contributing an occasional column for Secular Sunday. In this introductory column about Religion without God, Mr Waters explains how he has reverted to the intellectual atheism of his teenage years, while still retaining the religion of ...
Atheist Ireland has made the following written submission to the the Council of Europe's Advisory Committee for the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM). This is a follow-up to our meeting with this group in February when they were in Dublin monitoring Ireland’s record in protecting human ...