Adam The Ape – A Book Review
Aideen Hamill, an Irish atheist in Secondary School, reviews Adam the Ape by Wolfgang Wambach Richard Dawkins is probably the most famous evolutionary biologist in the world today. I recently read his book ‘Outgrowing God’, which is aimed at a younger audience. Having really enjoyed that book a lot, I ...
The Frontline Workers Public Holiday should not be linked with religion
Atheist Ireland has sent the following letter to the Taoiseach and members of the Cabinet. The purpose of the new public holiday is to mark the efforts of frontline workers during the Covid pandemic. The most obvious way to do that is to call it the Frontline Workers Public Holiday, ...
Atheist Ireland proud partner of the March for Science, Ireland
Atheist Ireland joins the March for Science. Atheist Ireland is proud to join the Irish Cancer Society, Irish Society for Immunology, Trinity College Dublin Student Union, Cool Planet Experience, Star Trek Éire, Irish Federation of University Teachers and International Consortium of Research Associations as partners of the March for Science, Ireland. The ...
Atheist Ireland to host talk by Aron Ra
Atheist Ireland are proud to host a talk by Aron Ra. Well known debater and YouTuber Aron Ra makes videos promoting science education in an area where creationism is often promoted even in public schools. As Texas State Director of American Atheists, he is an activist for secular politics in a heavily religious ...
Come to the World Rationalist Conference in Tallinn, Estonia, on 23-24 April
Michael Nugent will be speaking at the next World Conference of Rationalist International, on 23-24 April, in the Baltic city of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, a secular EU country. We hope to have some other Atheist Ireland members there also, and we look forward to seeing you there if ...
Michael Nugent on Newstalk Radio panel discussion about religion and science
On Wednesday 6 June, Michael Nugent was on a panel discussion about religion and science on the Marc Coleman show on Newstalk Radio. The other panelists were Michael Kelly deputy editor of the Irish Catholic newspaper, Donal O’Sullivan Latchford of the Irish family and Media Association and Dublin City Councillor ...
Bringing the Scientific Method to Magic Crackers
I have long heard claims being made, specifically in the Catholic faith, that during certain ceremonies, when certain propitiations are made, that normal Cracker Bread is changed “literally” into the body of a long dead Jewish Human Male who displayed later Zombie tendencies to refuse to stay in the grave. ...
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.
Creationist book and Science Minister versus facts
With Science Minister Conor Lenihan winning our September Really Truly True Believer of the Month Award for planning to launch an anti-evolution book by creationist John J. May, here are two excellent videos by Shane Owen that will confuse both the Minister and the author with, what do you call ...
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 ...