Taoiseach reports to Parliament on his meeting with Atheist Ireland
Five TDs, including three Party Leaders, yesterday asked the Taoiseach Enda Kenny in the Dail to report on his recent meeting with Atheist Ireland - Socialists and independents Ruth Coppinger, Joe Higgins and Richard Boyd Barrett; Micheal Martin of Fianna Fail; and Gerry Adams of Sinn Fein. Here are the ...
Atheist Ireland supports new Section 37 Bill to remove religious discrimination in schools
Atheist Ireland spoke yesterday at the launch of a new Bill, proposed by the Anti-Austerity Alliance, to amend the Employment Equality Act to stop religious schools and hospitals from discriminating against LGBTQ and atheist teachers and other staff. The Bill has the support of a wide number of groups, including ...
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 ...
This photo of Atheist Ireland meeting the Taoiseach is significant for who it does not include
This is part of the Atheist Ireland delegation that met the Taoiseach and Minister for Education last week, in the first formal meeting between an Irish Prime Minister and an atheist advocacy group in the history of the State. The photograph is significant for who it does not not include. ...