Atheist Ireland | February 2016

28/02/2016 Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #218 – Out for the Count

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23/02/2016 Atheist Ireland

Which Irish political parties have the most secular policies?

How do the political parties in this Friday’s General Election stand on separation of Church and State, with a particular focus on secular education and blasphemy? Atheist Ireland is not asking people to vote for any particular party or candidate. Atheists and secularists are typically independently-minded people who each value ...

21/02/2016 Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #217 – Make It Count

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20/02/2016 Ashling O'Brien

Atheist Ireland to host talk by Aron Ra

Atheist Ireland are proud to host a talk by Aron Ra. Well known debater and YouTuber Aron Ra makes videos promoting science education in an area where creationism is often promoted even in public schools. As Texas State Director of American Atheists, he is an activist for secular politics in a heavily religious ...

19/02/2016 Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland to address UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in March

Atheist Ireland has been selected to speak at a pre-session meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in March, as part of the lead-up to the Human Rights Council questioning Ireland about its human rights record in May. During the Pre-session meeting, several speakers will deliver statements. The ...

18/02/2016 Atheist Ireland

Irish Atheists, Evangelicals and Muslims unite for Secularism at Inter Belief Day

Jane Donnelly and Michael Nugent took part in a very positive Inter Belief Dialogue conference in Mary Immaculate College Limerick yesterday. There were representatives from the NCCA, which is currently preparing a State course for primary schools about religion, beliefs and ethics, as well as speakers from various religious and ...

14/02/2016 Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #216 – Making History

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12/02/2016 John Hamill

Medjugorje Silenced?

Over the last two years, representatives of Atheist Ireland have had more than a dozen guest articles carried in the Northern Standard. This is a weekly newspaper published in Monaghan, with a circulation of more than 15,000. At the start of January 2015, one such article was censored based on the ...

12/02/2016 Atheist Ireland

Historic meeting of Irish Atheists, Evangelicals and Ahmadiyya Muslims for Secularism

Yesterday in Dublin, for the first time in the history of the State, Atheist Ireland, the Evangelical Association of Ireland, and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Ireland united to start a campaign for Separation of Religion and State. We agreed that the first steps of this campaign will be: We ...

07/02/2016 Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #215 – Common Ground

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