Atheist Ireland today launched a major report on how the State Religious Education course at second level breaches human and Constitutional rights. It is one of our most comprehensive projects to date. You can download the full report as a (large 92-page) PDF file here. Summary In recent months, Atheist Ireland has researched hundreds of documents obtained under […]
I went to Tolka Park yesterday to watch Leeds play Shelbourne, and I was sad to see how much the ground has declined. The club clearly has no money for proper maintenance, and the seats at the Ballybough end of the ground, and at either side of the Riverside Stand, are all either removed or […]
Atheist Ireland is among many women’s rights organisations and campaigners from Britain and internationally who have today submitted a letter to the United Kingdom Home Secretary raising serious concerns about the UK Government’s ‘independent review’ into Sharia courts in Britain. The letter states that the limited scope of inquiry and its inappropriate theological approach will do nothing to address […]
Atheist Ireland and Atheist Northern Ireland both took part in today’s pro-choice march in Belfast. Despite the omnipresent Belfast rain, it was a great day which is one more step towards the eventual legalisation of abortion in both Ireland and Northern Ireland. Keep up the pressure!
Operation house-clean has uncovered another gem – a bizarre political lobbying booklet from 1991 titled 67 Reasons why Condoms Spread AIDS. My late wife Anne then worked in the Dail, and she rememberers batches of them being delivered to every TD and Senator. It was an expensively produced booklet published by a group called the […]
Atheist Ireland is pleased to announce a successful outcome to our two year campaign to make the appointment procedure for third level college chaplains publicly accountable and open to lay people. We brought Freedom of Information data to the Minister for Education, who responded by instructing the Higher Education Authority to investigate further. Atheist Ireland then […]
As a church closed in Cork because of a lack of priests, I discussed the decline in the Catholic church on Cork’s 96FM.
I recently did this interview with Charlie Hebdo magazine about religion and atheism in Ireland. Click on the image for a larger and more readable version. I’ll get an English translation online as soon as I can.
Is there a right to assisted dying? My debate with David Quinn hosted by Pat Kenny on Newstalk radio.
My interview about the right to assisted dying on RTE’s Prime Time on Thursday.