Teaching about Religions and Beliefs
by Jane Donnelly The Mater Dei Institute is at it again. Link to the pdf of their Submission to the Forum on Education In their Submission to the Forum on Education they again recommend the Toledo Guiding Principles but state that this education cannot be adequately described by the ...
Blog Round-up after the Conference
Here's a round-up of some of the thoughts on the conference from various people around the web. UPDATE: A Gloriously Godless Weekend (Part 1 )from Adventures of a Middle-Aged Boy is up: "The weekend began – as all weekends should – on Thursday." Part 2 is here and Part 3 ...
World Atheist Conference is now sold out!
In spite of the impending Rapture, tickets to the World Atheist Conference are now sold out. We're looking forward to meeting you all in Dublin on the 3rd of June.
Aron-Ra and D.P.R. Jones join our line-up
Atheist Ireland is delighted to announce that influential internet activists Aron-Ra and D.P.R. Jones have joined our exciting line-up. D.P.R. Jones is well known for his videos on religion, science and philosophy and is host of The Magic Sandwich Show. Aron-Ra is a passionate advocate of rationalism in science education, ...
Parents talk about the obstacles in obtaining a secular education for their child in Ireland
Alex Meehan of the Sunday Business Post interviewed some parents recently who have persevered in trying to get a secular education for their children. Although parents have the right to ask for their children to be exempted from religious classes at school in Ireland, those who opt for this meet ...
Secular analysis of the Fine Gael manifesto
Written by Dr. Conor McGrath The main election manifesto of Fine Gael – titled ‘Let’s Get Ireland Working – can be found at http://www.finegael.ie/upload/docs/Manifesto.pdf. The document is lengthy and detailed, covering the whole range of government Departments and public sector activity. As the title indicates, there is a strong concentration ...
Secular analysis of the Workers' Party manifesto
Written by Dr Conor McGrath The main election manifesto of the Workers’ Party can be found at http://www.workerspartyireland.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/wpmanifesto.pdf. The document is fairly brief, and concentrates very heavily on economic policy. However, one section will be of interest to those with a secular perspective. Part of the discussion on political reform ...
Secular analysis of the Workers’ Party manifesto
Written by Dr Conor McGrath The main election manifesto of the Workers’ Party can be found at http://www.workerspartyireland.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/wpmanifesto.pdf. The document is fairly brief, and concentrates very heavily on economic policy. However, one section will be of interest to those with a secular perspective. Part of the discussion on political reform ...
Secular analysis of the Green Party manifesto
Written by Dr Conor McGrath The main Green Party manifesto – titled ‘Renewing Ireland’ – is available at http://vote.greenparty.ie/downloads/manifesto.pdf. The document covers the full range of government Departments, though doesn’t get into a huge amount of detail in many areas – banking reform, for instance, is dealt with in 5 ...
Secular analysis of the Labour Party manifesto
Written by Dr Conor McGrath The main Labour Party manifesto – titled ‘One Ireland: Jobs, Reform, Fairness’ – is available at their website here. This is a lengthy and detailed manifesto, which covers the whole range of policy areas and government activity. It proposes many specific actions on economic recovery, ...