Secular Sunday #126 – Mostly Harmless
25/05/2014

Secular Sunday #126 – Mostly Harmless

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Please join or rejoin Atheist Ireland, and help to promote an ethical secular Ireland
23/05/2014

Please join or rejoin Atheist Ireland, and help to promote an ethical secular Ireland

Atheist Ireland is seeking new members to help us to promote an ethical secular Ireland, where your child can attend school without religious discrimination and indoctrination, and can grow up to aspire to be Taoiseach or President or a Judge without having to swear a religious oath. You can also ...

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Party and Candidate Responses to the Secular Statement
21/05/2014

Party and Candidate Responses to the Secular Statement

Over the past few weeks Atheist Ireland have been contacting candidates running in both the local and European elections asking them to show their support for secular values and principles by signing a Secular Statement. We were also in contact with all the major parties; Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, Labour, ...

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How the so-called Irish Catholic newspaper has manufactured a controversy about Atheist Ireland and the Green Party
21/05/2014

How the so-called Irish Catholic newspaper has manufactured a controversy about Atheist Ireland and the Green Party

In the past few days the so-called* Irish Catholic newspaper has manufactured and escalated a controversy about Atheist Ireland and the Green Party, using poor research and failures in basic journalistic standards. It has also misled its readers by failing to report its own role in the controversy. Most significantly, ...

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The Irish Catholic newspaper is misrepresenting Eamon Ryan, the Green Party and Atheist Ireland
19/05/2014

The Irish Catholic newspaper is misrepresenting Eamon Ryan, the Green Party and Atheist Ireland

The Irish Catholic Newspaper has published two untrue allegations on its website, one titled ‘Eamon Ryan backs end to funding for Catholic schools’ and the other titled ‘Eamon Ryan backs away from attack on Catholic education’. These articles misrepresent Eamon Ryan, the Green Party and Atheist Ireland. Both articles falsely ...

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The Secular Statement that Atheist Ireland is asking election candidates to endorse
19/05/2014

The Secular Statement that Atheist Ireland is asking election candidates to endorse

Atheist Ireland’s policy on secularism is reflected in the Dublin Declaration on Secularism and the Place of Religion in Public Life. This was adopted by delegates at the World Atheist Convention in Dublin in 2011. We actively promote its principles as the basis for an ethical and secular State in ...

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Secular Sunday #125 – Back to Reality
18/05/2014

Secular Sunday #125 – Back to Reality

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Secular Sunday #124 – Travelling in Time
11/05/2014

Secular Sunday #124 – Travelling in Time

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The Political Sin of Vincible Ignorance
07/05/2014

The Political Sin of Vincible Ignorance

The Chair of Atheist Ireland’s Cavan/Monaghan Branch John Hamill writing on the Taoiseach, the canonization of Pope John Paul, Mormons, Saint Anthony of Padua and Senator Ronan Mullen. By John Hamill While the Taoiseach was taking his place during the ceremony in Rome to canonize the late Pope John Paul ...

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Secular Sunday #123 – Education and Elections
04/05/2014

Secular Sunday #123 – Education and Elections

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