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January 2, 2020 No Comments Michael Nugent

Ireland no longer has a blasphemy law

We start the new decade with the good news that Ireland no longer has the medieval crime of blasphemy in our laws. Over the Christmas period, President Michael D Higgins signed the Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Bill 2019, and it has accordingly become law. Atheist Ireland thanks the ...

November 13, 2019 No Comments Michael Nugent

Freedom of Thought Report 2019 highlights blasphemy laws

It is important that Ireland completes the process of removing the crime of blasphemy from our laws as well as our constitution. The Bill designed to do this is currently at the Office of the Attorney General for formal drafting. A report published today on the human rights of non-religious ...

February 20, 2019 No Comments Michael Nugent

Blasphemy Repeal Bill 2019 forwarded to Attorney General for formal drafting

The Minister for Justice, Charlie Flanagan, has advised Atheist Ireland that the Bill designed to give legal effect to the outcome of last year’s blasphemy referendum has been forwarded from the Department of Justice to the Office of the Attorney General for formal Drafting. It is called the Repeal of ...

October 26, 2018 No Comments John Hamill

Atheist Ireland welcomes positive exit poll figures on blasphemy referendum

Exit polls suggest that today’s Yes vote might be between 69% (Irish Times exit poll) and 71% (RTE exit poll). We must remember that these are only exit polls, and not the official result of the vote, which we will not know until tomorrow or Sunday. Whatever the actual result, ...

October 19, 2018 No Comments John Hamill

Ronan Mullen voted against the blasphemy law in 2009, despite now denying that he did so

Senator Ronan Mullen voted against the Irish blasphemy law in 2009, despite denying that he did so on Prime Time yesterday. He opposed the blasphemy law because it did not explicitly allow religious people to blaspheme against matters held sacred by other religions. He added: ‘I say this as someone ...

October 19, 2018 No Comments John Hamill

How the Islamic States at the United Nations use the Irish blasphemy law to justify their own laws

One of the arguments that Atheist Ireland has made, in support of removing the Irish blasphemy law, is that repressive regimes have used our law to politically justify their use of blasphemy laws, and to attempt to spread blasphemy laws around the world. Here is the most significant example of ...

October 10, 2018 No Comments helen

Public meeting on Vote Yes to Remove the Blasphemy Law Cork

Public Meeting to Vote Yes to Remove the Blasphemy Law Cork When: 20th of October at 3pm Where Metropole Hotel Cork Public Meeting in Cork on Vote Yes to Remove the Blasphemy Law. Details of speakers to follow. Find this event on facebook and meetup. The Irish Constitution, written in ...

October 3, 2018 No Comments helen

Public Meeting on Vote Yes to Remove the Blasphemy Law Galway

Public Meeting on Vote Yes to Remove Blasphemy Law Galway When: 16th of October at 8pm Where Harbour Hotel Galway Public Meeting in Galway on Vote Yes to Remove the Blasphemy Law. Details of speakers to follow. The Irish Constitution, written in 1937, makes blasphemy an offence ...

October 2, 2018 No Comments helen

Public Meeting on Vote Yes to Remove the Blasphemy Law

Public Meeting on Vote Yes to Remove the Blasphemy Law When 13th of October at 3pm Where Buswells Hotel 23-27 Molesworth St Dublin Public Meeting including guest speakers David Nash, Blasphemy laws historian Michael Nugent, Atheist Ireland More speakers too follow. #BlasphemyRef The Irish Constitution, written in 1937, ...

September 25, 2018 No Comments helen

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 ...