Who made God? My appearance on Vincent Browne’s Challenging God on TV3 7 Aug 2013 | 05:57 am

I was a guest on last Sunday’s first episode of Vincent Browne’s new series ‘Challenging God’ on TV3, along with fellow guests theologian and author James Mackey, and lecturer at the Mater Dei Institu...

Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore seems likely to swear religious oath to god he does not believe in 27 Jul 2013 | 06:00 am

In response to a letter from Atheist Ireland, Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore has told today’s Irish Times through a spokesman that he “respected the Constitution and would comply with his constitutional oblig...

Ask Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore to not swear the religious oath next Monday 25 Jul 2013 | 05:09 am

Atheist Ireland has today written to Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore, to remind him that next Monday, as a member of the Council of State, he will become be the first Irish person to be asked to swear a Consti...

Atheist Ireland asks Constitutional Convention to remove blasphemy offence 19 Jul 2013 | 04:46 am

Atheist Ireland has today made the following submission to the Irish Constitutional Convention, seeking the removal of the offence of blasphemy from the Irish Constitution. 1. Executive summary 1. A...

Why the Irish Censorship Board did not ban the Christian Bible 13 Jul 2013 | 01:20 am

Censorship of books and magazines has been a feature of the Irish state ever since the Minister for Justice established The Committee on Evil Literature in 1926, to report on the need for more censors...

Irish Government Health Warning 12 Jul 2013 | 10:48 pm

UN demands detailed answers from Vatican on protecting rights of children 11 Jul 2013 | 01:49 am

It is good to see the the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child demanding detailed answers from the Vatican, with regard to the Vatican’s obligations under the UN Convention of the Right...

Catholic protesters in Dublin oppose abortion rights 8 Jul 2013 | 04:23 pm

On Saturday Catholic protesters marched in Dublin against abortion rights, opposing legislation that would allow a doctor to perform an abortion to save the life of a woman whose life is in danger. T...

The panel on politics and campaigning at EWTS 2013 7 Jul 2013 | 08:06 pm

These are the talks from the panel on politics and campaigning at Atheist Ireland’s international conference in Dublin on Empowering Women Through Secularism on 29-30 June 2013. Rachel Donnelly, Galw...

Taslima Nasrin keynote address at EWTS 2013 4 Jul 2013 | 02:17 am

This is Bengali author and physician Taslima Nasrin giving the keynote address at Atheist Ireland’s international conference in Dublin on Empowering Women Through Secularism on 29-30 June 2013. In th...