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21/04/2019 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #382 – Cartoon images of young boys being tortured on crosses

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14/04/2019 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #381 – RTE Documentary shows impact of Church on Irish State

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12/04/2019 No Comments Atheist Ireland

Cultural Catholics still give cover to the criminal church that runs our schools

We need to end the alliance of convenience between the Catholic Church and cultural Catholics that enables this criminal church to maintain control over most of our State-funded public schools. We need to move towards a secular State-funded education system that treats all children equally regardless of the beliefs of ...

07/04/2019 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #380 – Catholic scaremongering and religious oaths

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04/04/2019 No Comments Atheist Ireland

Conscientious atheists again excluded from new Irish Council of State

President Michael D Higgins has today appointed seven citizens to the Council of State, which advises the President on various issues. Again, these appointments have excluded conscientious atheists as candidates. This is because, in order to take office as members of the Council of State (or President, or a Judge) ...

31/03/2019 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #379 – Jane Donnelly named Atheist and Feminist of the Year

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31/03/2019 No Comments Atheist Ireland

Jane Donnelly, Armin Navabi, and Freedom From Religion Foundation given Atheist of the Year Awards

Jane Donnelly of Atheist Ireland was given the Atheist and Feminist of the Year award at the 2019 International Days of Atheism conference in Warsaw, Poland, this weekend. Armin Navabi, founder of Atheist Republic, was named individual Atheist of the Year, and the Freedom From Religion Foundation in USA got ...

29/03/2019 No Comments Atheist Ireland

Speech in Poland – Review of the Campaign Against the Irish Blasphemy Law

Michael Nugent gave this speech today, Friday 29 March 2019, at the Days of Atheism Conference in Warsaw, Poland. When Atheist Ireland was founded ten years ago, our first task was simply to normalise the use of the words atheism and secularism in public debate. We have come a long ...

28/03/2019 No Comments Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland calls for stronger regulation of funding of political campaigns

Atheist Ireland has made the following submission to the Public Consultation Process on the Establishment of a New Electoral Commission. Once it has been considered, the submission will be published on the website of the Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government. Recommendations The SIPO law needs to be strengthened ...

24/03/2019 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #378 – The right to opt out of religion class

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