Atheist Ireland | July 2015

26/07/2015 Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #187 – By the Numbers

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19/07/2015 Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #186 – Schools of Thought

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19/07/2015 Atheist Ireland

Special Needs Assistants must evangelise vulnerable children in Irish schools

Special Needs Assistants must evangelise vulnerable children in State-funded Irish schools. It is not an occupational requirement of a Special Needs Assistant to teach religion, but they still must be prepared to evangelise vulnerable children into a religious way of life. This is a breach of the right of atheist and ...

17/07/2015 Atheist Ireland

Irish school teachers must be Catholic missionaries

Thinking of getting into the teaching profession in Ireland? If so be prepared to be a missionary for the Catholic Church. The vast majority of publicly funded schools in Ireland are controlled by the Catholic Church, and if you want to get a job as a teacher you have to ...

15/07/2015 Atheist Ireland

Do you live near Galway, and want to help promote religious equality?

Do you live near Galway, and want to help promote religious equality in Ireland? The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and ICCL are holding an important public meeting in Galway tomorrow afternoon, Thursday 16 July. They want to hear what problems the public want raised when the UN is ...

12/07/2015 Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #185 – Equality for All (Catholics)

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11/07/2015 Atheist Ireland

End religious discrimination against teachers who are atheist

The Irish Government is proposing a Bill to protect LGBT teachers, while allowing religious discrimination against teachers who are atheist and minority faiths. Atheist Ireland is campaigning to change this Bill so that it protects all teachers equally. This is a rare opportunity to change an unjust law and ...

10/07/2015 Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland asks Council of Europe to protect human rights in Irish schools with O’Keeffe ruling

Atheist Ireland has made a report to the Council of Europe about the Louise O'Keeffe judgement last year in the European Court of Human Rights. Atheist Ireland has made a report to the Council of Europe about the Louise O'Keeffe judgement last year in the European Court of Human Rights, ...

09/07/2015 Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland to lobby EU, as Irish State says EU sanctions discrimination against atheist teachers

Irish State claims EU sanctions discrimination against atheist teachers. After today’s Seanad debate, the Bill to protect teachers from religious discrimination in schools will still not protect atheist or religious minority teachers at all, including Protestant or Muslim teachers, who cannot access the teaching profession in Ireland. Atheist Ireland will ...

08/07/2015 Ashling O'Brien

Atheist Ireland Supports call to Repeal 8th Amendment Abortion Ban

Atheist Ireland supports calls for referendum to Repeal 8th Amendment (abortion ban) - section 40.3.3, to the Irish Constitution states: “The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect, and, ...