Secular Sunday #479 – Stay safe during the Covid lockdown
This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email Editorial Stay safe during the Covid lockdown We hope that you are coping well during the current lockdown, and that you will get your Covid vaccine as soon as possible. Please try to ...
Secular Sunday #478 – Statutory Guidelines on Religion in Schools
This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email Editorial Statutory Guidelines on Religion in Schools The State needs to rebalance Constitutional rights regarding religion in schools in order to guarantee the Constitutional and Human Rights of minorities. Under Article 44.2.4 of ...
Secular Sunday #477 – Timeline of Religious Discrimination in Schools
This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Editorial Timeline of Religious Discrimination in Schools Over the past fifty years, the Irish education system has evolved to include religious discrimination that was not intended to be there. The influence of the ...
How unintended religious discrimination in Irish schools has evolved since 1965
Over the past fifty years, the Irish education system has evolved to include religious discrimination that was not intended to be there. The influence of the Catholic Church has undermined attempts by politicians to respect and balance the Constitutional rights of all families. Please lobby your politicians to introduce legal ...
Protecting democracy from the undue influence of money between elections
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Local Government is discussing the Electoral Reform Bill 2020. Atheist Ireland has written to the Committee, asking them to protect our democracy from the undue influence of money between elections. Dear Committee Member, We note that your Committee met on 22 January and 2 February to discuss pre-legislative ...
Secular Sunday #476 – Protecting democracy from big money
This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC:SUBJECT|* || *|DATE:j F, Y|* View in browser | Update preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward | Contact us Editorial Protecting democracy from big money This week the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Local Government discussed a Bill to establish ...
Dying with Dignity Bill – Atheist Ireland submission to Justice Committee
The Oireachtas Justice Committee is scrutinising the Dying with Dignity Bill 2020. This is a submission from Atheist Ireland responding to questions raised by the Committee. Define the problem/the policy issue which the Bill is designed to address; to what extent is it an issue requiring attention? The Bill has ...