Atheist Ireland | July 2018

29/07/2018 Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #344 – Repeal the Irish blasphemy law

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22/07/2018 Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #343 – Campaigning against Blasphemy Laws

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18/07/2018 Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland to meet Department of Justice today to discuss new blasphemy repeal bill

Atheist Ireland welcomes the published wording of the proposed amendment of the Constitution on around 25 October to repeal the offence of blasphemy. Atheist Ireland will be meeting this afternoon with officials in the Department of Justice, to clarify any technical or logistical questions that we have. We will then ...

17/07/2018 Atheist Ireland

Catholic Church admits studying religion is a disadvantage, but wants the State to impose it anyway

The Catholic Church has acknowledged that studying religion in school, instead of other subjects, puts students at a disadvantage, and it is trying to insist that State-run schools make all students suffer that disadvantage. This is revealed in an article in the Irish Times by Carl O'Brien today, based on a ...

15/07/2018 Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #342 – School is the new Church

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11/07/2018 Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland welcomes part of Schools Admissions Bill and continues our work for secular schools

The Education (Admissions to Schools) Bill has now passed in the Dail. From September the vast majority of schools will no longer be able to discriminate in entry on the grounds of religion. However, minority religious schools can still continue to discriminate as they still have exemptions from equality laws. ...

08/07/2018 Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #341- Remembering Joe Davis

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08/07/2018 Atheist Ireland

Remembering Joe Davis, who died this week

Joe Davis, one of Atheist Ireland’s earliest and most-loved members, died this week. For most of his life, he felt like an outsider as an atheist living in Ireland, and he was delighted to have found a like-minded community when Atheist Ireland was founded a decade ago. We were delighted ...

01/07/2018 Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #340 – Help us to end the Irish blasphemy law

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