There are many reasons to repeal the so-called ‘Pro-Life’ Amendment to the Irish Constitution. One of the most important reasons is respecting the human rights of pregnant women under international human rights law. This is a video of the United Nations Human Rights Committee questioning Ireland in Geneva in July about its obligations under the […]
My late wife Anne Holliday will be buried today in Glasnevin Cemetery, three years after she died of cancer and donated her body to Trinity College. Today, in a positive move towards an inclusive Ireland, the Dublin Medical Schools have respected Anne’s wish for a secular burial. They have replaced the decades-old religious memorial stone […]
Five years ago this month, Richard Dawkins was interviewed on RTE’s Late Late Show about his then new book The Greatest Show on Earth. It is fascinating look at Irish television when Atheist Ireland was less than a year old. It was a time when host Ryan Tubridy could interview Richard Dawkins about a book […]
The Strand Arts Centre in Belfast will be screening The Unbelievers documentary on Tuesday 21 October. Here is the Facebook Event Page. Tickets will go on sale today, Wednesday 2 September, from the strand box office online and direct at a price of £16.50. Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss will be in attendance for a […]
Yesterday Dave McGinn tweeted that somebody had said they attended an opening ceremony of an Educate Together school, at which seven religious preachers addressed the audience. Update: Emer Nowlan, Educate Together’s Chief Operating Officer, has since clarified that this ceremony did not take place in an Educate Together school. She understands that it took place […]
Finding solace in a secular world – my discussion on RTE Radio with Sean O’Rourke, Bishop Pat Storey and Fr Harry Bohan.
This is my contribution to the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s Out Channel on Youtube. It was recorded in May when I was speaking at a Freedom From Religion Foundation conference in North Carolina.
This is an analysis by Atheist Ireland of how Irish law effectively prohibits non-denominational secular schools based on human rights, despite the Irish Government telling the UN Human Rights Committee last month that there are no obstacles to establishing such schools in Ireland. The Government did outline two requirements to the UN, that the Government […]
In 2007 the OSCE published the Toledo Guiding Principles on Teaching About Religion and Beliefs in Public Schools. The principles were prepared by an advisory council of experts on freedom of religion and belief. These Principles focus solely on the educational approach that seeks to provide teaching about different religions and beliefs, as distinct from […]
I nearly didn’t publish this, after reading several smears against me personally online, because I had defended Richard Dawkins against the increasingly normalised pattern of misrepresenting him and smearing a defamatory caricature of who he is. A close friend (a woman who, like me, has spent decades actively campaigning for women’s rights and for victims […]