Taoiseach Atheist Ireland meeting – press coverage
10/02/2015

Taoiseach Atheist Ireland meeting – press coverage

Here is a list of press coverage of the 10th February 2015 Taoiseach Atheist Ireland meeting, including the Minister for Education as part of the  dialogue process between Government and religious and nonreligious philosophical bodies. Quick links to the stories below: Irish Times - RTE - Examiner - Newstalk - The Guardian - Regional ...

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Taoiseach Atheist Ireland meeting – press conference briefing
10/02/2015

Taoiseach Atheist Ireland meeting – press conference briefing

On 10th February 2015 Atheist Ireland meet the Taoiseach and the Minister for Education, as part of the dialogue process between Government and religious and nonreligious philosophical bodies. This is the first time ever that an atheist advocacy group meet the Taoiseach. It marks the next phase of Atheist Ireland's ongoing campaign for ...

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Religious crests on schools uniforms are symbols of discrimination
15/09/2014

Religious crests on schools uniforms are symbols of discrimination

Atheist Ireland welcomes the comments of the Anglican Archbishop of Dublin regarding religious crests on school uniforms. In an article in the Sunday Independent Archbishop Michael Jackson (Anglican Archbishop of Dublin and Glendalough) said there should be "scope for negotiation" around the wearing of uniforms that display religious crests. Many ...

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Dr Ali Selim of the Islamic Cultural Centre calls for “revolution of inclusivity” in Irish schools and “an upheaval in Irish educational perspectives”
03/09/2014

Dr Ali Selim of the Islamic Cultural Centre calls for “revolution of inclusivity” in Irish schools and “an upheaval in Irish educational perspectives”

Atheist Ireland welcomes the above comments by Dr Ali Selim and invites the two publicly funded National schools under the patronage of the Islamic Foundation of Ireland to lead the way by including the children of atheists and secularists in their schools. The Islamic Foundation of Ireland is patron to ...

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Another school year and another 9 million of state funding to pay for Chaplains in schools.
28/08/2014

Another school year and another 9 million of state funding to pay for Chaplains in schools.

Ireland funds School Chaplains and it costs the taxpayer 9 million a year. This funding is meant to help parents with the religious education of their children in the general school environment of some publicly funded second level schools. The 9 million is allocated to Chaplains in Community schools and ...

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How Irish law effectively prohibits non-denominational secular schools based on human rights
09/08/2014

How Irish law effectively prohibits non-denominational secular schools based on human rights

Irish law effectively prohibits non-denominational secular schools based on human rights, despite the Irish Government telling the UN Human Rights Committee last month that there are no obstacles to establishing such schools in Ireland. The Government did outline two requirements to the UN, that the Government seemingly doesn't consider to ...

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Children have a human right to a neutral studying environment, even in denominational schools
03/08/2014

Children have a human right to a neutral studying environment, even in denominational schools

Last month Ireland appeared before the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva under the International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights (ICCPR). Every five years the UN questions Ireland in relation to their human rights obligations under the Covenant. In relation to the right to freedom of conscience and the ...

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Educate Together is undermining the duty of the Irish State to provide non-denominational schools
03/08/2014

Educate Together is undermining the duty of the Irish State to provide non-denominational schools

Educate Together has made two statements recently that undermine the duty of the Irish Government to provide secular education though new non-denominational schools, as required by the UN Human Rights Committee. Educate Together is doing this by blurring the distinction between multi-denominational schools (which Educate Together schools are) and non-denominational ...

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