This July Ireland will be examined by the UN Human Rights Committee under the International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights. By ratifying this UN Treaty Ireland has guaranteed to protect the Human Rights guaranteed in the Treaty to all within its territory. Atheist Ireland will be attending this session in Geneva, under the auspices […]
RTE recently removed a sketch about Jesus from David McSavage’s comedy show The Savage Eye. I discussed the issue today on BBC Radio Ulster’s Sunday Sequence hosted by William Crawley, along with Peter Lynas of the Evangelical Alliance of Northern Ireland. This is the sketch that RTE removed from the show.
The World Cup starts in a few minutes time, when Brazil play Croatia. As usual, it will bring me on a four-yearly journey back to my childhood in Willow Park on the north side of Dublin. I turned nine as the 1970 World Cup began in the exotic faraway land of Mexico, located somewhere in […]
Jane Donnelly and I were on TV3’s People’s Debate with Vincent Browne last night. The topic was ‘Is Ireland Homophobic?’ Here are our contributions. The State funds anti-LGBT discrimination – Jane Donnelly The Catholic church is overtly homophobic – Michael Nugent
Last February I talked with Matt Cooper of Today FM about the life and death of my late wife Anne Holliday, the case for assisted dying, the philosophy of atheism, Atheist Ireland’s campaign for secularism, and my writing.
The hilarious Tara Flynn will be speaking at Atheist Ireland’s Dublin Atheists in the Pub event this Tuesday, 27 May, at 7.30pm in the Workman’s Club on Wellington Quay. She will be discussing why ridiculous beliefs need to be ridiculed. As usual, admission is free, and you can spend an enjoyable evening with like-minded people. […]
If you support a pregnant woman’s right to bodily autonomy and integrity, whether she is suicidal or not, you should know which election candidates oppose this fundamental human right. The Life Institute has helpfully asked Irish European and Local Election candidates whether they support the repeal of the legislation which permits abortion on suicide grounds. […]
After the Irish Catholic newspaper repeatedly misrepresented Atheist Ireland and the Green Party this week, I decided to read a few other articles on its website. I soon found an article published last week that misrepresents the United Nations Committee Against Torture, and the United Nations Convention Against Torture. The United Nations Committee Against Torture […]
In the past few days the so-called* Irish Catholic newspaper has manufactured and escalated a controversy about Atheist Ireland and the Green Party, using poor research and failures in basic journalistic standards. It has also misled its readers by failing to report its own role in the controversy. Most significantly, it has not reported to […]
The Irish Catholic Newspaper has published two untrue allegations on its website, one titled ‘Eamon Ryan backs end to funding for Catholic schools’ and the other titled ‘Eamon Ryan backs away from attack on Catholic education’. These articles misrepresent Eamon Ryan, the Green Party and Atheist Ireland. Both articles falsely claim that Eamon Ryan and […]