A campaign for secular education
Removing Rule 68 on its own will change nothing
The Minister for Education & Skills, Jan O’Sullivan has removed Rule 68 of the Rules for National schools. Removing Rule 68 on its own is a purely symbolic gesture. Nothing will actually change on the ground in our publicly funded schools. Rule 68 of the Rules for National Schools. Atheist ...
The Irish State twice misled the UN yesterday in Geneva about religious discrimination in access to schools. In both cases, Atheist Ireland was there to explain the true position to the UN Committee, to enable them to question Ireland more accurately. Firstly, when answering questions about religious discrimination in access ...
This Thursday, in Geneva, Atheist Ireland will be advocating for children in Irish schools, as the UN questions Ireland about its human rights record under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This is our sixth year raising religious discrimination in Ireland with the UN, Council of Europe and OSCE. ...
Joe Humphreys seems to think that Atheist Ireland's campaign for our constitutional and human rights in Irish schools is counterproductive. Either that, or he isn't aware of our years of comprehensive policies and patient lobbying on the issue, which seems unlikely, as he used to be the Irish Times Education Correspondent. He seems ...
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