Six Questions – Your Candidates Respond
Atheist Ireland has recently written to all constituent candidates asking them six questions on secular issues. Many of them have now responded and we will be publishing their replies as they come in. What can you do: Offer assistance to candidates who support our policies. Please choose the candidate that ...
Bertie Ahern says Catholic Church should be taxed on non-charitable income
Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has said that the Catholic Church should be taxed like other organisations on its non-charitable activities, particularly on its land of which it has a lot, given that the State needs the money. Ahern said this to Atheist Ireland Chairperson Michael Nugent today (Sunday 30 January) ...
Six Questions for Secular Voters
Atheist Ireland is writing to all election candidates asking their views on six questions that are central to building a rational, ethical society with a secular State that does not support any religion. We will publish the candidates’ replies before the election. We also ask voters to ask their local ...
Be Honest about Religion in the Irish Census on Sunday 10 April
Be Honest in the Irish Census on Sunday 10 April. Think before you tick your answer to the religion question, and give an answer that matches your actual religious affiliation. If you still believe in God but you are no longer truly a Roman Catholic, please say so. If you ...
Be Honest to God in the Irish Census on Sunday 10 April
If you grew up as a Roman Catholic, and you still believe in God but you are no longer truly a Roman Catholic, please be honest in the Irish Census on Sunday 10 April. Think before you tick your answer to the religion question, and give an answer that matches ...
European Atheist Conference in Dublin – June 2011
Atheist Ireland is proud to be hosting the 2011 Atheist Alliance International Conference in Europe. We will keep you posted as soon as the full program and other details are confirmed.
Atheist Ireland meets European Union Presidents to discuss poverty policy
Today in Brussels Atheist Ireland became the first Irish philosophical organisation, and the first European atheist advocacy group, to meet with the Presidents of the European Commission, European Parliament and European Council. The meeting discussed European Union policy on poverty and social exclusion, as part of the dialogue process under ...
Atheist Ireland calls for change to Education Bill
Atheist Ireland wants a change to the Education (Amendment) Bill 2010, which is being debated this week in the Dail, to ensure the right of parents to a secular education based on human rights law in new VEC primary schools. The Bill will allow VECs to become patrons of new ...
Gorillas, Girls, and Specious Nonsense by Derek Walsh
[caption id="attachment_739" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Gorillas and girls"][/caption] Derek Walsh reviews the launch of the anti-evolution book that Ireland's Minister for Science had planned to formally launch. I arrived a little late at the book launch of The Origin of Specious Nonsense to find the author John J. May, already in ...
Atheist Ireland Declaration on Religion in Public Life
At our AGM last Saturday, Atheist Ireland adopted the following amended version of the Copenhagen Declaration on Religion in Public Life. The original version was written and adopted by delegates at the world atheist conference "Gods and Politics" held in Copenhagen from 18-20 June 2010. This version is based on feedback ...