Voice of Islam Radio talked yesterday to me and Imam Ibrahim Noonan of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Ireland, about our joint campaign along with Evangelical Alliance Ireland to end religious discrimination in Irish schools. My interview is above, Ibrahim’s is below.
I’ve written an opinion piece in today’s Irish Times in which I argue that reason and science are the most reliable ways to understand reality, that political secularism is a force for good in three ways, and that the happiest states with the best social outcomes are secular liberal democracies. You can read it here […]
My father Michael Nugent died five years ago today, after an inspirational 89 years of life. He was the calmest man I knew. If an alien spaceship had landed in our garden, he would have invited them in for tea before asking who they were. He was nearly ninety when his body gave up. He […]
The current edition of La Raison, the magazine of La Libre Pensee, has an interview with me about atheism and secularism in Ireland. It’s based on discussions that I had with Philippe Besson last June. Here are screenshots of the interview.
The proposed plans to remove religion as a core subject in primary schools will make no difference in practice unless the Education Act is also changed to ensure that schools do not deliver the State curriculum in accordance with Catholic ethos. Here is my interview with Newstalk’s Tom Dunne about this today.
My brother Gerard cooked his first vegan Christmas dinner for me yesterday. It was absolutely delicious. Started with tomato, cheezly, and basil pesto, followed by Miso soup and salad. The main course was stuffed aubergine with tofu, guacamole, and the usual Christmas veg trimmings. Fruit and crumble for dessert. Everyone else had the traditional Christmas […]
Marie Fleming died three years ago today. She was an inspirational and courageous woman. She did more to promote an ethical compassionate Ireland for dying people and their families, than have the Irish politicians who have yet to legislate for assisted dying. Marie’s partner Tom Curran is the European Spokesperson at Exit International. He is a […]
Ending religious discrimination in Irish schools – powerful presentation by Jane Donnelly to the Oireachtas Joint Education Committee, speaking on behalf of Atheist Ireland, Evangelical Alliance Ireland and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Ireland, on 15 December 2016.
Atheist Ireland has made the following submission to the Citizens Assembly on the subject of abortion. Making Abortion Illegal is Not a Settled Moral Value – Our Laws Should Respect Individual Conscience Contents About Atheist Ireland We support repeal of the Eighth Amendment Abortion should not be dealt with within our Constitution Our statement to […]
At 2:30 pm today the secular schools alliance of Atheist Ireland, Evangelical Alliance Ireland and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Ireland will address the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education about the Admission to Schools Bill. Pictured above with Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, are Pastor Nick Park of Evangelical Alliance Ireland, […]