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26/01/2020 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #422 – Voting for secular candidates

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26/01/2020 No Comments Atheist Ireland

Solidarity responses to General Election questions from Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland has asked political parties and candidates running in the General Election on 8th February to answer ten questions regarding secular issues. Here are the responses from Solidarity. 1. One Oath For All Will you support amending the Constitution to enable the President, Judges, and members of the Council ...

26/01/2020 No Comments Atheist Ireland

Labour Party responses to General Election questions from Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland has asked political parties and candidates running in the General Election on 8th February to answer ten questions regarding secular issues. Here are the responses from the Labour Party. 1. One Oath For All Will you support amending the Constitution to enable the President, Judges, and members of ...

26/01/2020 1 Comment Atheist Ireland

Green Party responses to General Election questions from Atheist Ireland

Atheist Ireland has asked political parties and candidates running in the General Election on 8th February to answer ten questions regarding secular issues. Here are the responses from the Green Party. 1. One Oath For All Will you support amending the Constitution to enable the President, Judges, and members of ...

19/01/2020 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #421 – Ten Questions for Election Candidates

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16/01/2020 No Comments Atheist Ireland

Ten Questions for Election Candidates

Atheist Ireland is asking the political parties and candidates, who are contesting the General Election on 8th February, to answer these ten questions about secular policies. We will publish the responses to assist you in deciding who to vote for. Please ask your own local candidates these questions, either by ...

12/01/2020 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #420 – Voting for Secular Candidates

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10/01/2020 No Comments Atheist Ireland

Minister confirms that many ETB schools are denominational

The Minister for Education Joe McHugh has confirmed that a quarter of ETB Community Colleges are denominational (61 out of 243), and that all except two of the Community Schools that the ETBs jointly run are Catholic (80 out of 82). The rest of the ETB Community Colleges are officially ...

05/01/2020 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #419 – Happy New Decade!

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02/01/2020 5 Comments Atheist Ireland

Ireland no longer has a blasphemy law

We start the new decade with the good news that Ireland no longer has the medieval crime of blasphemy in our laws. Over the Christmas period, President Michael D Higgins signed the Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Bill 2019, and it has accordingly become law. Atheist Ireland thanks the ...

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