Atheist Ireland
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Irish advocacy group promoting atheism, reason, and an ethical, secular state. Special consultative status at UN.
Jane Donnelly of Atheist Ireland and David Quinn of the Iona Institute discuss the Department of Education's parental survey on the role of religion in Irish school patronage. The show is Divine Sparks on RTÉ radio 1, hosted by Áine Lawlor. youtu.be/ZZ3rVllVLLE
Religious schools in Ireland - Jane Donnelly and David Quinn on RTE
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December 13, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Jane Donnelly of Atheist Ireland and David Quinn of the Iona Institute discuss the Department of Education's parental survey on the role of religion in Irish school patronage. The show is Divine Sparks on RTÉ radio 1, hosted by Áine Lawlor. youtu.be/ZZ3rVllVLLE
At 10pm tonight (Friday 12 Dec) on RTE Radio 1’s Divine Sparks, Jane Donnelly of Atheist Ireland and David Quinn of the Iona Institute will discuss the Primary School Survey that the Department of Education is conducting. The show is hosted by Aine Lawlor. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Divine Sparks with Áine Lawlor - RTÉ Radio 1
A fresh, engaging and thought-provoking look at religious and spiritual life both in Ireland and overseas. Presented by Áine Lawlor.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
At 10pm tonight (Friday 12 Dec) on RTE Radio 1’s Divine Sparks, Jane Donnelly of Atheist Ireland and David Quinn of the Iona Institute will discuss the Primary School Survey that the Department of Education is conducting. The show is hosted by Aine Lawlor. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Letters from an Irish secularist – a book review. Seamus McKenna, an early member of Atheist Ireland, has had hundreds of short letters published in the Irish Times over nearly fifty years. He has now compiled them in a fascinating book, the Reconstitution of Ireland. atheist.ie/2025/12/lett...
Letters from an Irish secularist – a book review | Atheist Ireland Letters from an Irish secularist – a book review – Atheist Ireland
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December 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Letters from an Irish secularist – a book review. Seamus McKenna, an early member of Atheist Ireland, has had hundreds of short letters published in the Irish Times over nearly fifty years. He has now compiled them in a fascinating book, the Reconstitution of Ireland. atheist.ie/2025/12/lett...
Department’s survey has no option for non-religious primary schools, only multi-denominational ones
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Department’s survey has no option for non-religious primary schools, only multi-denominational ones | Atheist Ireland Department’s survey has no option for non-religious primary schools, only mul...
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December 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Department’s survey has no option for non-religious primary schools, only multi-denominational ones
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Parents have a right to not reveal their nonreligious beliefs to their children’s schools
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November 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Parents have a right to not reveal their nonreligious beliefs to their children’s schools
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Some Christians including Peadar Tóibín TD want Dublin City Council’s Winter Lights to be renamed Christmas Lights. Have a happy secular Christmas!
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Winter lights or Christmas lights? - Atheist Ireland
Some Christians including Peadar Tóibín TD want Dublin City Council’s Winter Lights to be renamed Christmas Lights. This is not about people changing a religious festival to a secular one.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Some Christians including Peadar Tóibín TD want Dublin City Council’s Winter Lights to be renamed Christmas Lights. Have a happy secular Christmas!
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Religious education in Ireland is indoctrination, based on UK and European Court rulings
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November 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Religious education in Ireland is indoctrination, based on UK and European Court rulings
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Some Christians including Peadar Toibin TD want Dublin City Council’s Winter Lights to be renamed Christmas Lights. Michael Nugent and John Hamill discussed this on Newstalk Radio today. youtu.be/hmCAqI1tV1g
Should the Winter Lights be renamed Christmas Lights? Michael Nugent and John Hamill on Newstalk
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November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Some Christians including Peadar Toibin TD want Dublin City Council’s Winter Lights to be renamed Christmas Lights. Michael Nugent and John Hamill discussed this on Newstalk Radio today. youtu.be/hmCAqI1tV1g
UK case on not attending religion class shows flaws in Irish WRC ruling from 2023
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UK case on not attending religion class shows flaws in Irish WRC ruling from 2023 - Atheist Ireland
The recent case at the UK Supreme Court, about withdrawing from religious education in schools, highlights the flaws in a WRC decision in Ireland three years ago. The UK case
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November 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
UK case on not attending religion class shows flaws in Irish WRC ruling from 2023
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The state must positively respect the convictions of nonreligious parents of schoolchildren
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The state must positively respect the convictions of nonreligious parents of schoolchildren - Atheist Ireland
In the case yesterday at the Supreme Court in the UK on the Northern Ireland education system, the court found that: The religious education course in Northern Ireland Schools was
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November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The state must positively respect the convictions of nonreligious parents of schoolchildren
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The right to an objective education goes beyond avoiding ‘faith formation’
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The right to an objective education goes beyond avoiding 'faith formation' - Atheist Ireland
The Department of Education, school Patron bodies, TDs, the ETBs, and others often refer to ‘faith formation’ in schools, by which they typically mean religious instruction according to the rites
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November 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The right to an objective education goes beyond avoiding ‘faith formation’
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Catholic schools do want to make children feel included, but they mean included in the Catholic religion, faith, and ethos.
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November 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Catholic schools do want to make children feel included, but they mean included in the Catholic religion, faith, and ethos.
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Irish presidency: still no conscientious atheists allowed
Today, Ireland swears in yet another president in a ceremony that prevents a conscientious atheist from honestly taking office. Here's what's wrong and what we need to do to change it.
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Today, Ireland swears in yet another president in a ceremony that prevents a conscientious atheist from honestly taking office. Here's what's wrong and what we need to do to change it.
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Irish presidency: still no conscientious atheists allowed - Atheist Ireland
Today, Ireland swears in yet another president in a ceremony that prevents a conscientious atheist from honestly taking office. Why? Because the Constitution requires them to swear a religious oath
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November 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Irish presidency: still no conscientious atheists allowed
Today, Ireland swears in yet another president in a ceremony that prevents a conscientious atheist from honestly taking office. Here's what's wrong and what we need to do to change it.
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Today, Ireland swears in yet another president in a ceremony that prevents a conscientious atheist from honestly taking office. Here's what's wrong and what we need to do to change it.
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End of Life Ireland calls for legal assisted dying. Here are highlights of the event highlighting the issue at the Oireachtas. youtu.be/ZZZ9CJIKMec
End of Life Ireland calls for legal assisted dying
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November 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
End of Life Ireland calls for legal assisted dying. Here are highlights of the event highlighting the issue at the Oireachtas. youtu.be/ZZZ9CJIKMec
It’s not just a matter of opting out of faith formation in schools. The Irish state is obliged to ensure that any education and teaching is objective, critical and pluralistic.
November 4, 2025 at 9:43 AM
It’s not just a matter of opting out of faith formation in schools. The Irish state is obliged to ensure that any education and teaching is objective, critical and pluralistic.
Read our article from 2015 on, ‘6 year old Infants in Irish schools taught that ‘Mary says ‘YES’! Nothing has changed in the Irish education system since then. Our children are still left sitting in the religion class absorbing these lessons.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Read our article from 2015 on, ‘6 year old Infants in Irish schools taught that ‘Mary says ‘YES’! Nothing has changed in the Irish education system since then. Our children are still left sitting in the religion class absorbing these lessons.
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