Atheist Ireland’s policy on secularism is reflected in the Dublin Declaration on Secularism and the Place of Religion in Public Life. This was adopted by delegates at the World Atheist Convention in Dublin in 2011. We actively promote its principles as the basis for an ethical and secular State in ...
Atheist Ireland continues to contact European and Local Election candidates, asking them to support a Secular Statement supporting freedom of religion or belief and separation of church and state. We will update regularly on which candidates have either signed or expressed their support for the values outlined in the Secular ...
Atheist Ireland is contacting European and Local Election candidates, asking them to support a Secular Statement supporting freedom of religion or belief and separation of church and state. The statement is based on the Dublin Declaration on Secularism and the Place of Religion in Public Life, which was adopted in ...
Update on Sunday 27 April: Several Green Party local election candidates have now indicated that they support the principles in the Secular Statement, and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has contacted our Dublin Region chairperson Ashling O’Brien to say that their European Election candidates had already agreed to sign a ...
The concerns and proposals raised by Atheist Ireland in our briefing document to Senators were raised in the Seanad today, during a Committee Stage debate on Section 37 of the Employment Equality Act. This is the Section that allows religious institutions, including schools and hospitals, an exemption to discriminate against ...
This Wednesday 9 April, Irish Senators will discuss a Bill that aims to amend Section 37 of the Irish Employment Equality Act. This is the Section that allows religious institutions, including schools and hospitals, an exemption to discriminate against employees to protect the religious ethos of their institution. This is ...
Atheist Ireland will be asking all European and Local Election candidates to sign a Secular Statement, based on the one adopted at the World Atheist Convention in Dublin in 2011. We will publish details of all responses, to enable voters to know which candidates are most and least supportive of ...
The Oireachtas joint Committee on Education has concluded that multiple patronage and ethos as a basis for policy can lead to segregation and inequality in the education system, and that the objectives of admission policy should be equality and integration. This reflects the arguments made by Atheist Ireland to the ...
Jane Donnelly, Atheist Ireland's Human Rights Officer, made the following presentation today to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection. The Committee was discussing the Draft General Scheme of an Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013. As legislators, what would you do if I was sick, and my ...
Atheist Ireland has today sent this submission to the Department of Education on inclusiveness in primary schools. Contents 1. Introduction 2. Respecting Secularism as a Philosophical Conviction 3. Rule 68 - Religious Integrated Curriculum 4. Other Specific Recommendations 5. Conclusion “This state is a Republic, proudly proclaimed outside the GPO ...