Atheist Ireland welcomes statement by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin on freedom of conscience
Atheist Ireland welcomes the recent statement by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin on freedom of conscience. We hope that this will lead to more people within the Catholic Church recognising that all people have freedom of conscience, including atheists and secularists, and that this human right is not just confined to freedom ...
Atheist Ireland meets NCCA about exemption from ERB and Ethics course for Primary Schools
This week Jane Donnelly and Michael Nugent met with the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) to discuss our concerns about the proposed Education about Religions and Beliefs (ERB) and Ethics course for Primary Schools in Ireland. The Forum on Patronage and Pluralism recommended that this new course be ...
Religious Discrimination in Primary & Secondary Schools – tell your TDs to end it now
In response to requests from a number of parents on what they can do when they encounter religious discrimination in primary & secondary schools we offer the following letter that you can use as a basis for your own letter to your local TDs, Ministers, Senators, Euro MPs and others. Your ...