Remembering Grania Spingies
18/06/2019 1 Comment

Remembering Grania Spingies

We at Atheist Ireland were shocked to hear of the untimely death of our friend Grania Spingies, aged just 49. She was one of the founders and the first Secretary of Atheist Ireland, and one of the moderators of the online forum out of which Atheist Ireland evolved. She died ...

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Atheists, Muslims, and Evangelicals protecting freedom of religion and belief in asylum process
24/05/2019 No Comments

Atheists, Muslims, and Evangelicals protecting freedom of religion and belief in asylum process

Atheist Ireland, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Ireland, and the Evangelical Alliance of Ireland, have made the following joint submission to the Committee on Justice and Equality Consultation on Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process. 1. Introduction Irish Atheists, Evangelicals and Ahmadiyya Muslims are united in a campaign ...

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Who should you vote for if you want State-run schools to respect the rights of atheists and secularists?
22/05/2019 3 Comments

Who should you vote for if you want State-run schools to respect the rights of atheists and secularists?

This Friday, 24th May, we will elect Local Councillors, who will also be members of Education and Training Boards and the Boards of Management of ETB Schools. Three weeks ago, Atheist Ireland wrote to all political parties, asking them to support the right of students to attend ETB schools without attending ...

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New report could give churches more privileged access to lobby EU institutions and Irish Government
19/05/2019 No Comments

New report could give churches more privileged access to lobby EU institutions and Irish Government

The European Humanist Federation and Humanists International have expressed concern that proposals would give more influence to religious groups on European laws, and with national governments, in a dialogue process that Atheist Ireland takes part in. A report by European Parliament Vice President Mairead McGuinness, and adopted by the European ...

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Atheist Ireland questions for local election candidates about religion in ETB schools
29/04/2019 No Comments

Atheist Ireland questions for local election candidates about religion in ETB schools

Atheist Ireland has written today to all political parties that are contesting the Local Elections on 24th May, asking them to support the right of students to attend ETB schools without attending religion classes, and for students who do not attend religion classes to be given an alternative timetabled subject. ...

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Donegal ETB, in Minister for Education’s constituency, unlawfully coerces students into religion classes
24/04/2019 No Comments

Donegal ETB, in Minister for Education’s constituency, unlawfully coerces students into religion classes

Atheist Ireland has obtained under the Freedom of Information Act an email and letter from last September, from Donegal Education and Training Board, in the Minister for Education’s constituency. In that internal exchange, the ETB’s Director of Schools advised Moville Community College to “write to the parents of the opt ...

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Atheist Ireland holds protest outside TUI National Congress to protect the right to opt out of religion class
24/04/2019 No Comments

Atheist Ireland holds protest outside TUI National Congress to protect the right to opt out of religion class

Atheist Ireland is today holding a protest outside the Teachers Union of Ireland National Congress in the INEC Centre in Killarney, Kerry, to coincide with the Minister for Education, Joe McHugh, addressing the conference. We are highlighting two things: 1. The Teachers Union of Ireland refused to implement a lawful ...

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Cultural Catholics still give cover to the criminal church that runs our schools
12/04/2019 No Comments

Cultural Catholics still give cover to the criminal church that runs our schools

We need to end the alliance of convenience between the Catholic Church and cultural Catholics that enables this criminal church to maintain control over most of our State-funded public schools. We need to move towards a secular State-funded education system that treats all children equally regardless of the beliefs of ...

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Conscientious atheists again excluded from new Irish Council of State
04/04/2019 No Comments

Conscientious atheists again excluded from new Irish Council of State

President Michael D Higgins has today appointed seven citizens to the Council of State, which advises the President on various issues. Again, these appointments have excluded conscientious atheists as candidates. This is because, in order to take office as members of the Council of State (or President, or a Judge) ...

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Jane Donnelly, Armin Navabi, and Freedom From Religion Foundation given Atheist of the Year Awards
31/03/2019 No Comments

Jane Donnelly, Armin Navabi, and Freedom From Religion Foundation given Atheist of the Year Awards

Jane Donnelly of Atheist Ireland was given the Atheist and Feminist of the Year award at the 2019 International Days of Atheism conference in Warsaw, Poland, this weekend. Armin Navabi, founder of Atheist Republic, was named individual Atheist of the Year, and the Freedom From Religion Foundation in USA got ...

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