Speech in Poland – Review of the Campaign Against the Irish Blasphemy Law
Michael Nugent gave this speech today, Friday 29 March 2019, at the Days of Atheism Conference in Warsaw, Poland. When Atheist Ireland was founded ten years ago, our first task was simply to normalise the use of the words atheism and secularism in public debate. We have come a long ...
Launch of Campaign to Remove the Blasphemy Law
Launch of Campaign to Remove the Blasphemy Law When: Sunday the 30th of September - World Blasphemy Day at 2pm Where: The Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin Why: At 2pm this Sunday, 30th September, World Blasphemy Day, Atheist Ireland will officially launch a Campaign to Remove the Irish Blasphemy ...
Atheist Ireland to meet Department of Justice today to discuss new blasphemy repeal bill
Atheist Ireland welcomes the published wording of the proposed amendment of the Constitution on around 25 October to repeal the offence of blasphemy. Atheist Ireland will be meeting this afternoon with officials in the Department of Justice, to clarify any technical or logistical questions that we have. We will then ...
Atheist Ireland welcomes blasphemy referendum in October
Atheist Ireland welcomes the announcement that our decade-long campaign for a referendum on the blasphemy law has been successful. We will finally be able to vote in October to remove this anachronistic, silly, and dangerous clause from our constitution. The blasphemy ban is anachronistic, because we should be removing 1930s ...
Atheist Ireland speeches about blasphemy at the Constitutional Convention
Michael Nugent, Prof David Nash and Jane Donnelly, on behalf of Atheist Ireland, made the following three speeches today at the Constitutional Convention meeting about blasphemy law. They run from 2:42 - 11:44 on the video. Speech by Michael Nugent, Chairperson Atheist Ireland (2:42 - 6:36 on video) You have ...
Atheist Ireland asks Constitutional Convention to remove blasphemy offence
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. Atheist Ireland is an advocacy group for atheism, reason and ethical secularism. We are participants in the dialogue process between the ...
25-day walk for Irish blasphemy referendum
Starting today, Thursday May 6th, Atheist Ireland member Paul Gill will walk the length of Ireland, from Mizen Head in Cork to Malin Head in Donegal, to highlight the need to vote Yes in the coming Irish blasphemy referendum. On January 1st, the day Ireland’s new blasphemy law became operational, ...
Campaign for a Secular Irish Constitution
Today is International Blasphemy Day, administered by the Center For Inquiry as part of its Campaign for Free Expression. Atheist Ireland is an advocacy group for an ethical and secular Ireland: see details in these Irish Times articles on the Irish blasphemy law and our first AGM. Atheist Ireland is ...
Campaign to Repeal the Blasphemy Law
Today the Irish President signed into law the Defamation Act that includes the newly-defined crime of blasphemy. This law will become operable when the Minister for Justice signs an order making it so. Atheist Ireland will now campaign for the repeal of this anachronistic and dangerous blasphemy law, and for ...
Is the Blasphemy Law Unconstitutional?
Atheist Ireland has sent a letter to the President of Ireland, outlining our concerns about the constitutionality of the new blasphemy law, for her to consider before she discusses the issue with the Council of State tomorrow. In our letter we argue the following: The law is contrary to the guarantees ...