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20/04/2017 Atheist Ireland

The new National Maternity Hospital board and the Vatican Charter for Healthcare Workers

Much of the commentary about the new National Maternity Hospital has focussed on money. It is of course outrageous that the State would gift a brand new hospital, worth hundred of millions of euro, to a religious order which still owes millions of euro to the redress scheme for those it abused. ...

13/04/2017 Atheist Ireland

The Religious Test to be Ceann Comhairle

The Ceann Comhairle of the Dail, Sean O Fearghail TD, has replied to Atheist Ireland’s letter about the Dail prayer. He has confirmed that the proposal that was scheduled for Tuesday will now instead be put to the house on its return after the Easter recess. He has said that ...

10/04/2017 Atheist Ireland

Ask your TDs today to stop forcing parliamentarians to pray to ‘Christ Our Lord’

Update: following lobbying from Atheist Ireland and opposition from secular TDs, the Dail business committee decided today to postpone this vote until 2nd May, in order to allow time for debate. Please continue to contact your TDs about this between now and then. At 2.30 pm this Tuesday, 11 April, ...

03/04/2017 Atheist Ireland

Catholic Church has privileged position on political funding with SIPO

The Irish State has put in place laws that enable religious organisations (mainly the Catholic Church) to campaign on political issues such as the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution and religious control of schools. But ethical secular organisations, including Atheist Ireland, get no such benefit because we treat the law ...

10/03/2017 Atheist Ireland

It is beyond time to separate Church and State. Here’s how you can help to make it happen

With wave after wave of scandals continuing to wash over Ireland, arising from decades of religious influence on our laws and government, it is beyond time that we looked at the bigger picture. We need to go beyond addressing each individual scandal. We need to fully separate Church and State. ...

22/02/2017 Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland asks Citizens Assembly to invite Termination For Medical Reasons

Ashling O’Brien of Atheist Ireland will be addressing the Citizens Assembly on 5th March on the question of abortion. Yesterday some people questioned why the Assembly did not invite Termination For Medical Reasons along with the seventeen representative and advocacy groups that it did invite. We agree that the Assembly ...

14/02/2017 Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland to address Citizens Assembly on abortion rights and respecting individual conscience

Atheist Ireland will address the Citizens Assembly on abortion rights on Sunday 5th March, along with other advocacy groups and representative bodies. Unlike previous weekends of the Assembly, which only ran until 1pm, this meeting will continue into the afternoon in order to allow for a wide range of organisations ...

17/12/2016 Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland asks Citizens Assembly to respect individual conscience on abortion

Atheist Ireland has made the following submission to the Citizens Assembly on the subject of abortion. Making Abortion Illegal is Not a Settled Moral Value - Our Laws Should Respect Individual Conscience Contents About Atheist Ireland We support repeal of the Eighth Amendment Abortion should not be dealt with within ...

15/12/2016 Atheist Ireland

Atheist, Evangelical & Muslim alliance addresses Oireachtas Education Committee

At 2:30 pm today the secular schools alliance of Atheist Ireland, Evangelical Alliance Ireland and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Ireland will address the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education about the Admission to Schools Bill. Pictured above with Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, are Pastor Nick Park ...

25/11/2016 Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland, Evangelical Alliance Ireland and Ahmadiyya Muslims raise secular education at Council of Europe conference

Atheist Ireland, the Evangelical Alliance of Ireland and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Ireland, attended a Council of Europe human rights round-table conference today in the Department of Foreign Affairs. At this conference, Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Nils Muiznieks called on civil society organisations to work alongside Council ...