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Secular Sunday #557 – Back to school and fighting for your rights
This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Editorial Back to school and fighting for your rights Children are heading back to school, and parents are again left in the position that they must negotiate their Constitutional rights with the ...
Children are heading back to school, and parents are again left in the position that they must negotiate their Constitutional rights with the school. This is what minorities have to put up with in our Republic. Schools give no practical application to our Constitutional rights, and the Department of Education, ...
The Robert Troy scandal is a reminder why we must strengthen, not weaken, the SIPO (Standards in Public Office) laws. They are intended to protect democracy from the undue influence of money on politics, whether that be through politicians having financial conflicts of interest or through wealthy donors influencing political ...
In a recent article in the Irish Times, Breda O’Brien reminds us that the Catholic Church is not a democracy so we should not expect radical change. The article is about the Catholic Church’s synodal process. It seems that many Catholics want change in the moral teachings of the church. But, ...
This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Editorial The rights of minority children in Irish schools Atheist Ireland, the Evangelical Alliance of Ireland, and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Ireland, have published our joint submission to the UN Committee ...
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child will be questioning Ireland next year. Atheist Ireland, the Evangelical Alliance of Ireland, and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Ireland, have made this joint submission to the UN on freedom of religion and belief in Irish schools. Our Recommendations The ...
This week’s Secular Sunday, To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* *|MC:SUBJECT|* || *|DATE:j F, Y|* View in browser | Update preferences | Unsubscribe | Forward | Contact us Editorial The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Atheist Ireland, the Evangelical Alliance of Ireland, and the ...
This week’s Secular Sunday. To avoid missing out, sign up here to receive Secular Sunday by email *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Editorial Why the State pays chaplains in ETB schools The State pays chaplains in ETB schools, who are mostly Catholic, to help parents with the religious education and religious formation of their ...
The State pays Catholic and Church of Ireland Chaplains to help parents with the religious education and religious formation of their children. This funding costs the state approximately €10 million per year. This is the purpose of the funding of Chaplains in ETB Community and Comprehensive Schools and designated Community ...