Secular Sunday #230 ‘FoI Revelations On The Way’
22/05/2016

Secular Sunday #230 ‘FoI Revelations On The Way’

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The Functioning of a Dysfunctional Law
17/05/2016

The Functioning of a Dysfunctional Law

Atheist Ireland has consistently opposed the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act, 2014. This legislation was introduced by Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton, in order to allow both religious and secular bodies to solemnise civil marriages. By providing much more onerous criteria for secular bodies to meet, this legislation discriminates against ...

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The Civil Registration Act is Dysfunctional
03/05/2016

The Civil Registration Act is Dysfunctional

The Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2012, was introduced by Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton. This Act allows both religious and secular bodies to solemnise civil marriages. Atheist Ireland has consistently opposed this legislation as it discriminates against non-religious citizens, while providing religious bodies with unwarranted privileges. We highlighted the lack of any ...

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HEA Confirms Large Public Endowments to Catholic Church
11/04/2016

HEA Confirms Large Public Endowments to Catholic Church

At the request of the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), the Higher Education Authority (HEA) has arranged a presentation from Atheist Ireland in relation to the probity of contracts awarded to the Roman Catholic Church by third level colleges. New information has been provided to the HEA by Atheist Ireland ...

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Medjugorje Silenced?
12/02/2016

Medjugorje Silenced?

Over the last two years, representatives of Atheist Ireland have had more than a dozen guest articles carried in the Northern Standard. This is a weekly newspaper published in Monaghan, with a circulation of more than 15,000. At the start of January 2015, one such article was censored based on the ...

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How the Irish State misled the UN about religious discrimination in schools
15/01/2016

How the Irish State misled the UN about religious discrimination in schools

The Irish State twice misled the UN yesterday in Geneva about religious discrimination in access to schools. In both cases, Atheist Ireland was there to explain the true position to the UN Committee, to enable them to question Ireland more accurately. Firstly, when answering questions about religious discrimination in access ...

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Is Christianity Blasphemous To Christians?
15/01/2016

Is Christianity Blasphemous To Christians?

Atheist Ireland has campaigned consistently against the blasphemy laws in Ireland. This position has been primarily driven by the international responsibilities of our country but we have also highlighted the chilling effect of this legislation in Ireland. A new example of censorship due to blasphemy was experienced this week, when ...

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Atheist Ireland at the UN
14/01/2016

Atheist Ireland at the UN

Following the UN Children's Rights Committee questioning of Ireland today in Geneva, Atheist Ireland is confident that the UN will yet again tell Ireland to stop breaching the human rights of atheist and minority faith families in Irish schools. Atheist Ireland had very positive interactions with the Committee here, during ...

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Irish Blasphemy Laws Are Six Years Old Today
01/01/2016

Irish Blasphemy Laws Are Six Years Old Today

Today is the sixth anniversary of the Defamation Act 2009 commencing in Ireland, including Section 36 on Blasphemy. Many Irish people will be aware of the chilling effect that this legislation has at home. For example, our blasphemy laws cause harmless comedy sketches to be censored, just in case some may find ...

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Why Do Bishops Charge So Much For School Text Books?
23/11/2015

Why Do Bishops Charge So Much For School Text Books?

"Grow In Love" - 20% more expensive than next priced text book. The Irish Catholic Bishop's Conference, through their agency Veritas Publications, are the monopoly provider of religious text books to all Catholic schools in Ireland. In the context of this monopoly, their new "Grow In Love" text book for ...

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