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17/11/2019 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #412 – Successful Atheist Ireland AGM yesterday

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15/10/2019 No Comments Atheist Ireland

UN to raise racial and religious discrimination in the Irish Education system

In Geneva this December, Ireland will be examined by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). Last Friday, the UN CERD Committee published a List of Themes for the examination of Ireland in December. Atheist Ireland, the Evangelical Alliance of Ireland,  and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community ...

13/10/2019 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #407 – The State should not endorse ‘miracles’

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25/08/2019 Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #400 – The right to opt out of religion class

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11/08/2019 Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #398 – Still plenty of resources for ETB school chaplains

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04/08/2019 Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #397 – Protecting Human Rights in a Secular State

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29/06/2019 Atheist Ireland

Remembering Grania Spingies (video and photos from her memorial event)

Grania Spingies died on Sunday 16 June 2019, a week before her 49th birthday. She was a founding member and first secretary of Atheist Ireland, and a contributor to Jerry Coyne's website Why Evolution is True. Her family and friends gathered to remember her in Glanmire, Cork, on Thursday 27 ...

18/06/2019 Atheist Ireland

Remembering Grania Spingies

We at Atheist Ireland were shocked to hear of the untimely death of our friend Grania Spingies, a week before her 49th birthday. She was one of the founders and the first Secretary of Atheist Ireland, and one of the moderators of the online forum out of which Atheist Ireland ...

19/05/2019 Atheist Ireland

New report could give churches more privileged access to lobby EU institutions and Irish Government

The European Humanist Federation and Humanists International have expressed concern that proposals would give more influence to religious groups on European laws, and with national governments, in a dialogue process that Atheist Ireland takes part in. A report by European Parliament Vice President Mairead McGuinness, and adopted by the European ...

17/02/2019 Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #373 – The power of science

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