Minister for Education replies to Atheist Ireland about religion in schools and anti-abortion video
The Minister for Education Norma Foley has replied to a letter from Atheist Ireland about the right to not attend religious instruction in schools and a recent anti-abortion video shown in a school. Here is the Minister's reply and our reply to her. Letter from Minister for Education to Atheist ...
New research report is devastating for Catholic school ethos
A report by Genesis published this week by Catholic education groups shows clearly that the Catholic Church’s control over State-funded schools in Ireland must end. The results are devastating for State funding of Catholic schools, contrary to the misleading spin its publishers are pushing. The report says many parents feel ...
Catholic Schools Week is evangelising, not welcoming or inclusive
The Irish Times has published an article about this week’s Catholic Schools Week by Marie Griffin, chairperson of the Catholic Education Partnership. The article claims that Catholic Schools are places where everyone, of all faiths and none, is accepted and welcomed. If Catholic Schools wanted to make everyone, of all ...
Atheist Ireland writes to Minister for Education regarding religious instruction
This is a letter from Atheist Ireland to the Minister for Education on 21 January 2022, in response to her letter to us on 17 January. We copied it to the Oireachtas Education and Public Accounts Committees, and the Comptroller and Auditor General. Dear Minister Foley, Thank you for your ...
Minister for Education writes to Atheist Ireland regarding religious instruction
This is a letter from the Minister for Education to Atheist Ireland on 17 January 2022. It is the same letter that a Department official sent to us on 26 November 2021, but with the Minister's signature. Dear Mr. Nugent and Ms. Donnelly, Thank you for your letter. At the ...
Irish schools ignore legal limits on how religious ethos can influence students
In Ireland it is legally possible for schools to influence your child into a religious way of life, but only to some degree. In practice, the State and schools ignore this limit, and enforce their religious ethos in a way that is contrary to the ruling of the Supreme Court. ...
Atheist Ireland raises religious discrimination in Irish schools with UN and C&AG
Atheist Ireland has asked the United Nations to raise religious discrimination in Irish schools when it next questions Ireland on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. We have also made a complaint to the Irish Comptroller and Auditor General about the misuse of public funds regarding the teaching of religion in ...