Next month, on 8th and 9th of June, Jane Donnelly and I will represent Atheist Ireland in Geneva, when the United Nations will be examining the Irish State about its human rights obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. We will be briefing the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and […]
Chris Johnson answering audience questions after the Irish premiere of his movie A Better Life, hosted by Atheist Ireland in the Screen Cinema in Dublin last Friday. Chris produced this film while traveling the world to photograph 100 atheists for his coffee-table book of the same name. Here’s the story of the film on the […]
7.30pm tonight, Screen Cinema, Dublin, enjoy the Irish premier of A Better Life: Atheists and Joy. Tickets only €5, subsidised by Atheist Ireland. We had a lovely dinner yesterday with producer/director Chris Johnson from New York, who will be doing a Q&A after the film. Drinks afterwards, venue to be announced. Chris produced this film […]
Atheist Ireland hosted a marriage equality debate in Wynns Hotel Dublin on Wednesday. Supporting the referendum were Max Krzyzanowski and Brendan Butler. Opposing the referendum were Susan Philips and Tom Carew. The debate was chaired by Ashling O’Brien, the Chair of the Dublin Regional Branch of Atheist Ireland. This is part two, the audience Q&A. […]
Atheist Ireland hosted a marriage equality debate in Wynns Hotel Dublin yesterday. Supporting the referendum were Max Krzyzanowski and Brendan Butler. Opposing the referendum were Susan Philips and Tom Carew. The debate was chaired by Ashling O’Brien, the Chair of the Dublin Regional Branch of Atheist Ireland. This is part one, the speeches and rebuttals. […]
This is Helen Ryder’s powerful pro-marriage-equality speech at Atheist Ireland’s public debate yesterday. We’ll have the full debate online soon. “Twenty nine years ago I married the man that I loved. I married him in a Catholic Church. We swore vows to each other that we would love each other to the end of time. […]
Next week, Atheist Ireland is hosting the Irish premier of the movie ‘A Better Life: An Exploration of Joy & Meaning in a World Without God’, followed by a Q&A with the director/producer Chris Johnson. It starts at 7.30pm on Friday 8 May, in the Screen Cinema in Dublin, and you can buy tickets at […]
Now that the Iona Institute has made a significant U-turn, by acknowledging that they promote a political purpose and have to register with the Standards in Public Office Commission, we should remember that another law limits the type of political activity they can engage in. The Iona Institute has tax-exempt status in Ireland under the […]
Atheist Ireland is hosting a public debate on the Marriage Equality referendum at 7.30pm this Wednesday, 29 April, in Wynns Hotel on Abbey Street in Dublin. The motion for the debate is “Would a No Vote be Good for Irish Society?”. The debate is open to everyone to attend and we look forward to a […]
Thank you to everybody who has phoned, emailed, texted or contacted me online with kind words about my interview with Marian Finucane on Saturday about my late wife Anne Holliday, grief and atheism. It means a lot to me. This was both the easiest interview I have done in a long time, because I didn’t […]