Now Minister Bruton wants to pay Catholic Church for Christian ETB schools to use their buildings
The Minister for Education has announced yet another consultation process in relation to religion and education. This time he hopes to pay the Catholic Church rent for school buildings, if they agree to a different Patron body running a small number of schools, while the State also pays for the operation and ...
Freedom of Conscience in the USA
In an interview with the Christian Broadcast Network, the American President Donald Trump has stated that he will introduce a new policy to prioritise Christians within the asylum process. Atheist Ireland is opposed to such policies, as an overt abuse of the human right to the freedom of conscience. Article ...
Secular Sunday #266 ‘Make a submission to the Minister for Education’s consultation process’
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Template to help you make a short submission to Minister for Education’s consultation process
The Minister for Education, Richard Bruton, has formally launched his four-week consultation process on his plans to address the role of religion in school admissions. Please make a submission, however futile you may feel it to be. Atheist Ireland has prepared the template below for you to use if you ...
Minister Bruton is wrong – Community National Schools are not based on international best practice
In a speech last week at the IPPN Conference, the Minister for Education said Community National Schools reflect international best practice in the area of faith and belief nurturing. He is wrong. He says that international best practice encourages schools to celebrate religious festivals and rites of passage. But international ...
The world has lost a strong human rights advocate with the death of Sir Nigel Rodley
We at Atheist Ireland are sad to hear of the death of Sir Nigel Rodley, former Chairperson of the UN Human Rights Committee, a Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists, a trustee of Freedom from Torture, and UN Special Rapporteur on torture. He was one of the most influential ...
Secular Sunday #265 – New schools plans will intensify human rights breaches
Secular Sunday #265 is now online Secular Sunday #265 - New schools plans will intensify human rights breaches This week’s Secular Sunday can be found here.
Equate gives TV3 ultimatum to remove Jane Donnelly of Atheist Ireland from interview
TV3’s Ireland AM has invited and then removed Jane Donnelly, Human Rights Officer of Atheist Ireland, from an interview this Tuesday morning about the Baptism rule in Irish schools. TV3 told Atheist Ireland that Michael Barron of Equate had issued TV3 with an ultimatum that Equate would not appear on ...
Secular Sunday #264 – Catholic Church controls Sexuality Education
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Secular Sunday #263 – Protecting the rights of atheist, secular and minority faith teachers
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