Atheist Ireland member Andrew Rattigan reviews his appearance on RTE's Beyond Belief last week. You can read this and other articles by Andrew on his blog Paddy Whack. Well, I was out at RTE television studios on October 21st to take part in the programme 'Beyond Belief' (you can watch ...
Jane Donnelly of Atheist Ireland was on RTE's Beyond Belief on 14 October 2013 discussing RTE's daily broadcasting of the Angelus. Also on the show was Roger Childs, head of religious programming on RTE. Please email Roger to let him know your opinions about RTE broadcasting the Angelus at roger.childs@rte.ie ...
It is good to see the the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child demanding detailed answers from the Vatican, with regard to the Vatican’s obligations under the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child. These detailed questions expose the Vatican’s self-serving strategy of claiming to be ...
In the first of a series of articles for Atheist Ireland, Andrew Devine-Rattigan remembers the set-menu Irish Catholics of recent decades, argues that they are being replaced by a new generation of a la carte Irish Catholics, and says that atheists and secularists should welcome this rejection of religious authority. ...
This is Michael Nugent's contribution to the UCD Law Society debate yesterday on the motion that the Catholic Church has become irrelevant.
Irish people are among the least religious in the world. That's according to the latest Global Index of Religion and Atheism released by WIN-Gallup International. The index is based on surveys conducted in 57 countries, representing more than 73% of the world's population. (more…)
Last Friday, Michael Nugent and Jane Donnelly attended a conference in Limerick titled Towards Mutual Ground: Religious Pluralism in Educational Practice in Irish Schools. It was organised by the Mater Dei Irish Centre for Religious Education, the PDST, and hosts Mary Immaculate College. Catherine O’Brien from the Humanist Association of ...
On Monday 20 February in University College Cork, Michael Nugent of Atheist Ireland debated Brendan O'Neill of Spiked magazine and Adnan Rashid of iERA on the merits of Catholicism, Islam and secularism. The debate was jointly organised by the UCC Philosophical, Atheist and Muslim Societies. Here is Michael Nugent's opening ...
On Monday 20 February in University College Cork, Michael Nugent of Atheist Ireland debated Brendan O'Neill of Spiked magazine and Adnan Rashid of iERA on the merits of Catholicism, Islam and secularism. The debate was jointly organised by the UCC Philosophical, Atheist and Muslim Societies. Here is Michael Nugent's opening ...
Guest post by Atheist Ireland member GT. ---------------------------------------- In a recent letter to the Irish Independent a correspondent noted that the Irish state’s new law term on the 3rd of October will commence with a roman catholic mass attended by representatives of the legal profession, judiciary, An Garda Siochana and ...