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The State should not give the Catholic Church control of state-funded hospitals
The Irish Constitution was heavily influenced by the Catholic Church. There are Articles in the Irish Constitution that favour religion and protect the interests of religious institutions. There are Constitutional reasons why governments should not fund religious institutions to deliver public services. Publicly funded hospitals that are religious can deliver ...
This Sunday, 3 April, you will fill in your census form for 2022. The results will be used in planning the allocation of public services and resources, including the Catholic Church controlling almost all of our State-funded primary schools. To keep the census figures accurate, please pay attention to the ...
This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Editorial One week to Census 2022 Next Sunday, people around Ireland will fill in their census forms for 2022. We ask everyone to pay attention to the new religion question, which now ...
This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Editorial Hospitals and Schools, Church and State Atheist Ireland made a submission this week to the Joint Oireachtas Health Committee about the National Maternity Hospital, and also published an analyses of why ...
Atheist Ireland has made the following submission to the Joint Oireachtas Health Committee on Constitutional issues regarding the National Maternity Hospital and the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Code of Ethical Standards for Healthcare. Contents 1. Introduction to Atheist Ireland 2. Article 44.2.5 of the Constitution and Religious Denominations 3. St Vincent’s ...
This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Editorial Religious Hospitals, Religious Schools, and State Money The proposed structure for owning and running the planned new maternity hospital is complicated. The Religious Sisters of Charity currently own the land as ...
In a democratic republic, the State should own and directly run the national maternity hospital. It should not cede control over this essential public service to any private institution, such as Saint Vincent’s Holdings. Our Constitution was heavily influenced by Catholic Church teaching. There are Articles in our Constitution that ...
This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Editorial Secular Education, Women’s Rights, and Prayers Atheist Ireland attended events this week organised by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment and the National Women’s Council of Ireland. We also made a ...