At our AGM last Saturday, Atheist Ireland adopted the following amended version of the Copenhagen Declaration on Religion in Public Life. The original version was written and adopted by delegates at the world atheist conference "Gods and Politics" held in Copenhagen from 18-20 June 2010. This version is based on feedback ...
Atheist Ireland launched a new campaign for a secular state on Saturday, July 17th, at our second AGM, held in the Davenport Hotel in Dublin. The meeting also announced a major international atheist conference to be held in Dublin next year, co-hosted by Atheist Ireland and Atheist Alliance International. The ...
Atheist Ireland Public Meeting and AGM, Davenport Hotel Dublin, Sat July 17 Theme: A Secular State for a Pluralist People Special Guest Speaker: Dr Darrel Ray, author of The God Virus It’s now less than two weeks to our second AGM, which will be held in the Davenport Hotel in ...
Gods and Politics Conference Adopts Declaration on Religion in Public Life. The recent Gods and Politics conference in Copenhagen adopted the following Declaration on Religion in Public Life. The conference was the first European event of Atheist Alliance International, and was co-hosted by AAI and the Danish Atheist Society. We, ...
Today, Monday May 31st, Paul Gill of Atheist Ireland will finish his 25-day walk the length of Ireland to raise support for the promised blasphemy referendum. Please send him a text now to congratulate him at +35386 7325365. Also, if you are in Ireland today, why not join Paul on ...
NEW: You can send Paul a message of support on 086-732-5365 Starting today, Thursday May 6th, Atheist Ireland member Paul Gill will walk the length of Ireland, from Mizen Head in Cork to Malin Head in Donegal, to highlight the need to vote Yes in the coming Irish blasphemy referendum. ...
Debate: "One Can Not Be Truly Moral Without God" Michael Nugent, chairperson of Atheist Ireland, took part in a debate with John Murray, director of the Iona Institute for Religion and Society, on the motion that one cannot be truly moral without God. The debate took place on 30 March ...
Blasphemous art exhibition challenges Ireland's blasphemy law. A new art exhibition titled Blasphemous opened (appropriately) on Good Friday in the Irish Museum of Contemporary Art (IMOCA) in Lad Lane, off Baggot Street, Dublin 2. It's the second art exhibition to highlight and challenge the new Irish blasphemy law, which became active ...
Atheist Ireland welcomes the statement from Dermot Ahern, the Irish Justice Minister, that he is proposing a referendum this Autumn to remove the offence of blasphemy from the Irish Constitution. The Minister has told the Sunday Times that “I was only doing my duty” in bringing in the new blasphemy ...
The blasphemy exhibition in the Oonagh Young Gallery continues until Saturday 27 February, and is open from 12 to 6pm every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It's a fascinating show, and well worth a visit. This Wednesday at 7pm there is a special screening of Rocky Road to Dublin and The ...