After my interview with Pat Kenny on Newstalk about replacing the cross on Carrauntoohill, I had the following Twitter conversation with Paul Bowler and Paul Moloney, both of whom are atheists who disagreed with the way that I approached the interview. I’ve recorded the Twitter conversation here because I think it includes some interesting points […]
Today I debated the vandalised cross on Carauntoohill mountain in Kerry, with local Community Council chairperson Tim Moriarty and host Pat Kenny, on Newstalk Radio. Subject to any schedule changes, I’ll be doing four more interviews tomorrow morning, Thursday, about this: 9.30 am Clare FM with John Cooke – completed 10.10 am KFM Radio Kildare […]
On Sunday I debated miracles on RTE television’s Spirit level with host Joe Duffy; Fr Richard Gibbons, parish priest at Knock; Louise Hall, author of a book on Medjegorje; and Dr Michael Moran, a member of the Lourdes medical miracle assessment committee. Extract 1 – Better chance of dying than being cured at Lourdes Extract […]
PZ Myers has responded to part of my recent post about what would happen if he judged others’ sexism as he judges himself. He responded in a comment on his blog, complete with his now familiar personal abuse (he calls me a fuckhead, an asshole and a demented fuckwit) and misrepresentations of what I have […]
At yesterday’s Irish Youth Councils national showcase event, we were given copies of ‘Be a cyber buddy, not a cyber bully,’ a booklet produced by young people for young people. Dublin City Comhairle na nÓg is a council of 56 elected young people between the ages of 11-18 years. Their booklet includes poetry, stories, pictures, […]
Jane Donnelly and I attended the Irish Youth Councils’ national showcase event in Croke Park yesterday, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the UN Convention on Rights of the Child. Comhairle na nÓg are Youth Councils in the 34 City and County Development Board areas of Ireland, funded by the Department of Children and other […]
Yesterday I debated the existence of God with Hugh Owen of the US Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation, at the Centre for the Divine Will in Dublin. These are the opening contributions and rebuttals. I will have the questions and answers session online later.
Jane Donnelly and I attended the launch yesterday of the FLAC report on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Ireland. The report will be forwarded to the United Nations as part of Ireland’s questioning about its obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Atheist Ireland was one of 50 civil society […]
Jane Donnelly and I attended the launch of the Catherine McGuinness Fellowship on Children’s Rights and Child Law yesterday. The fellowship is a one-year position for newly qualified barristers, who will work with the Children’s Rights Alliance Legal and Policy Team. Atheist Ireland is a member of the Children’s Rights Alliance. Our primary focus within […]
I don’t believe that PZ Myers is sexist. I believe that PZ supports equality for women, and that in his own mind he is trying to advance that aim, using methods that I believe are unjust and hurtful and counterproductive to feminism, equality and social justice. But what would happen if PZ and his colleagues […]