Atheist Ireland asks Oireachtas Committee for objective sex education without religious ethos
13/06/2018 No Comments

Atheist Ireland asks Oireachtas Committee for objective sex education without religious ethos

Jane Donnelly, Human Rights Officer of Atheist Ireland, yesterday gave evidence to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education about the need for objective sex education. Jane is pictured above with Cliona Saidlear of Rape Crisis Network Ireland, Aoife Neary of University of Limerick, and Debbie Ging of DCU, who also ...

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Atheist Ireland welcomes blasphemy referendum in October
12/06/2018 1 Comment

Atheist Ireland welcomes blasphemy referendum in October

Atheist Ireland welcomes the announcement that our decade-long campaign for a referendum on the blasphemy law has been successful. We will finally be able to vote in October to remove this anachronistic, silly, and dangerous clause from our constitution. The blasphemy ban is anachronistic, because we should be removing 1930s ...

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Atheist Ireland promotes secular schools at European Policy Conference On Equality in Education
09/06/2018 1 Comment

Atheist Ireland promotes secular schools at European Policy Conference On Equality in Education

Jane Donnelly of Atheist Ireland today promoted the need for secular schools at a European Policy Conference in Limerick on Equality in Education, hosted by Sinn Fein MEP Liadh Ni Riada. Jane made the case for ending all religious discrimination and privilege in Irish schools, in line with the lessons ...

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Abortion vote sees fall of Ireland’s Catholic Berlin Wall
27/05/2018 No Comments

Abortion vote sees fall of Ireland’s Catholic Berlin Wall

This referendum sees the fall of the Catholic Berlin Wall that has kept a pluralist Irish people trapped within the laws of a Catholic Irish Constitution. Pregnant Irish women will now have the same right, to equality before the law, that gay couples have had since the marriage equality vote ...

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Atheist Ireland, Evangelical Alliance, and Ahmadi Muslims welcome plan to end religious discrimination in access to schools
09/05/2018 No Comments

Atheist Ireland, Evangelical Alliance, and Ahmadi Muslims welcome plan to end religious discrimination in access to schools

Minister for Education Richard Bruton has announced plans to prohibit State-funded primary schools run by the Catholic Church from discriminating in access on the ground of religion, but which will allow State-funded schools run by minority religions to continue to discriminate on the ground of religion if they are oversubscribed. ...

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Why repeal the 8th? Video of the speakers at Atheist Ireland’s Information Evening
04/05/2018 No Comments

Why repeal the 8th? Video of the speakers at Atheist Ireland’s Information Evening

Are you still undecided about the referendum? Do you want to know more about the history of the amendment, medical issues, views from maternity services and the rape crisis network, and the practicalities of canvassing? Atheist Ireland held an Information Evening yesterday about why we should repeal the eighth amendment, ...

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Atheist Ireland asks Charities Regulator if Iona Institute is complying with Charities Act
25/04/2018 No Comments

Atheist Ireland asks Charities Regulator if Iona Institute is complying with Charities Act

Atheist Ireland has written today to the Charities Regulator, asking it to investigate whether the Iona Institute is complying with the Charities Act. The following is the text of our letter: Dear Charities Regulator, We note that you have instructed the Projects Arts Centre to remove a political advertisement in ...

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Despite TUI claims, the Directive on alternatives to religious education can be implemented
25/04/2018 No Comments

Despite TUI claims, the Directive on alternatives to religious education can be implemented

Recently on RTE, in a debate with Atheist Ireland’s Michael Nugent, the General Secretary of the Teachers Union of Ireland said his Union would refuse to even try to implement the new Directive allowing students to choose another subject instead of religion in ETB schools. The TUI’s John MacGabhann gave ...

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Atheist Ireland asks Oireachtas Education Committee to support objective sex education
20/04/2018 No Comments

Atheist Ireland asks Oireachtas Education Committee to support objective sex education

Atheist Ireland has made a comprehensive submission to the Oireachtas Education Committee, asking it to support objective sex education in Irish schools, based on the framework of Solidarity's Objective Sex Education Bill. You can read Atheist Ireland's submission here. Our four recommendations to the Oireachtas Education Committee are: 1. Objective ...

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Atheist Ireland delighted at passing of Solidarity’s Objective Sex Education Bill
19/04/2018 No Comments

Atheist Ireland delighted at passing of Solidarity’s Objective Sex Education Bill

Atheist Ireland is delighted that Solidarity’s Objective Sex Education Bill has passed its first vote today in the Dail. It will now go on to be debated at Committee stage. Along with our allies in other groups who support this Bill, we will now lobby members of the Oireachtas Education ...

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