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19/01/2020 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #421 – Ten Questions for Election Candidates

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16/01/2020 No Comments Atheist Ireland

Ten Questions for Election Candidates

Atheist Ireland is asking the political parties and candidates, who are contesting the General Election on 8th February, to answer these ten questions about secular policies. We will publish the responses to assist you in deciding who to vote for. Please ask your own local candidates these questions, either by ...

29/12/2019 No Comments Atheist Ireland

Celebrating Nic Johnson

Our good friend Nic Johnson is nearing the end of his exceptional 85 years of life. He has spent most of those years promoting atheism, humanism, and secularism with passion and integrity. Before he moved to Ireland, he campaigned for abortion rights in America, during an era when campaigners promoted ...

17/11/2019 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #412 – Successful Atheist Ireland AGM yesterday

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15/10/2019 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 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 ...