New Atheist Ireland report – Schools are still defying the law on admission policies
Two years ago, in October 2020, we published a report on how 100 sample schools were defying the legal requirement to publish an Admission Policy which must include details of the school’s arrangements for students who do not want to attend religious instruction. We brought the results to the attention ...
Atheist Ireland letter to Public Accounts Committee October 2022
Atheist Ireland wrote this letter to the Public Accounts Committee on 18 October 2022 [pdf-embedder url="https://teachdontpreach.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/AI-to-PAC-Oct-2022.pdf" title="AI to PAC Oct 2022"]
Department of Education misusing public funds by ignoring constitutional rights
Since last December, Atheist Ireland has been lobbying to vindicate the constitutional right to not attend religious instruction in schools, and to uphold parental authority in the education of their children, which the Supreme Court has described as a foundational pillar of the Constitution. You can read details here of our correspondence ...
Religious school ethos should not influence social, personal, and health education
Atheist Ireland has made the following submission to the NCCA's consultation on the updated junior cycle SPHE curriculum. The aim of the updated short course is 'to nurture students' self-awareness and positive self-worth and to develop the knowledge, understanding, skills, dispositions and values that will help them to create and ...
Public Accounts Committee letter to Atheist Ireland October 2022
The Public Accounts Committee wrote this letter to Atheist Ireland 10 October 2022. [pdf-embedder url="https://teachdontpreach.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/PAC-to-AI-Oct-2022.pdf" title="PAC to AI Oct 2022"]
Atheist Ireland submission to UN on combating intolerance based on religion or belief
Atheist Ireland has made the following submission to the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights who is preparing report on combating intolerance against persons based on religion or belief. Contents 1. Background to Atheist Ireland 2. Our recommendations 3. The UN and States should use the phrase ‘religion or belief’ consistently ...
Burke v Minister for Education
Here are the judgements at the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court in relation to the Burke v Minister for Education which deals with Constitutional rights in relation to education. [pdf-embedder url="https://teachdontpreach.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022_IESC_1_ODonnell-C.J..pdf" title="2022_IESC_1_O'Donnell C.J."] [pdf-embedder url="https://teachdontpreach.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Case-ofBurkeeSupreme2022_IESC_1_Charleton-J..pdf" title="Case ofBurkeeSupreme2022_IESC_1_Charleton J."] [pdf-embedder url="https://teachdontpreach.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Case-of-Burke-2021_IECA_67.pdf" title="Case of Burke 2021_IECA_67"] ...
Atheist Ireland, Evangelical Alliance, and Ahmadi Muslims update the UN on rights of children
Atheist Ireland, the Evangelical Alliance of Ireland, and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Ireland, made a joint submission to the UN Children's Rights Committee as it prepares to question Ireland next January. You can read that submission here. We also met with the UN Committee last week in Geneva, along ...
Atheist Ireland lobbying at the United Nations for the rights of children in Irish schools
Atheist Ireland was at the United Nations in Geneva this week lobbying for the rights of children in Irish schools that discriminate on the ground of religion. We also represented the Evangelical Alliance of Ireland and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Ireland, with whom we made a joint submission to the ...