Educate Together distances itself from its own policy and ethos
20/10/2015

Educate Together distances itself from its own policy and ethos

An Educate Together AGM motion this year called for admission policies that, if implemented, would indirectly discriminate against Catholics. Atheist Ireland opposes this. Educate Together has published a statement that attributes absurdity, dishonesty and ignorance to Atheist Ireland's analysis of this. We agree with Educate Together's conclusion that "facts are important." So let us look at ...

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Discrimination Against Catholics Should Be Opposed Too
17/10/2015

Discrimination Against Catholics Should Be Opposed Too

Atheist Ireland Opposes Discrimination Against Catholics by Educate Together. The Catholic Church retains a virtual monopoly on school patronage in Ireland. They use this monopoly to discriminate against non-Catholic citizens within our public education system. This is a scandal, which must end. However, the solution to this discrimination is not ...

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Bishops Secretly Awarded €500,000 Annually, in Public Contracts
08/10/2015

Bishops Secretly Awarded €500,000 Annually, in Public Contracts

Atheist Ireland has uncovered evidence of excess of €500,000 of public funds awarded in secret to the Catholic Church. Atheist Ireland has submitted Freedom of Information requests to a small sample of the Irish third level educational institutions, which deliver courses to adult citizens. These are entirely secular institutions, with no ...

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The Association of Catholic Priests Supports Anti-Scientific Creationist Teaching in Catholic Schools
21/09/2015

The Association of Catholic Priests Supports Anti-Scientific Creationist Teaching in Catholic Schools

The Association of Catholic Priests Supports Anti-Scientific Creationist Teaching in Catholic Schools. While the Roman Catholic Church is broadly supportive of the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection, their formal doctrine continues to insist on "human exceptionalism". That is, the Church requires that some dogmatic qualifications are applied to the ...

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Dáil told Catholic Church “Sole Supplier” of Chaplains
08/07/2015

Dáil told Catholic Church “Sole Supplier” of Chaplains

The Minster for Education and Skills, Jan O'Sullivan TD, has told the Dáil that in respect of hiring for publicly funded chaplain roles, Institutes of Technology in Ireland may be in a "sole supplier situation". Dundalk Institute of Technology has decided that the only supplier capable of providing pastoral services ...

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Is there religious equality in our third level educational institutions?
26/05/2015

Is there religious equality in our third level educational institutions?

Atheist Ireland has examined, through a Freedom of Information request to Dundalk Institute of Technology, how decisions around the direct funding of Churches from public monies are made.  Article 44.2.2 of the Irish Constitution says that “the State guarantees not to endow any religion.” This provision prohibits the funding of a specific ...

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An Taoiseach Responds to Atheist Ireland Open Letter
03/05/2015

An Taoiseach Responds to Atheist Ireland Open Letter

In February of this year, Atheist Ireland met An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD in his offices. One issue that we discussed related to the government promise of a referendum on blasphemy. In fact, during the meeting Atheist Ireland presented An Taoiseach with an open letter addressed to him directly, from many high profile signatories ...

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Atheist Student Prays for Peace from College Chaplains Email
14/04/2015

Atheist Student Prays for Peace from College Chaplains Email

On 27th March of this year, a student at Dundalk IT called Nadia Williams, published a blog post that earned very widespread media coverage in Ireland and beyond. Nadia's piece described unwanted proselytising from the college and the story was described in national newspapers, such as the Sunday Times under the ...

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