Ireland is a pluralist country with outdated privileges for Catholics
As a microcosm of society, the Defence Forces should have a neutral policy on religion
Lord Mayor of Dublin invites atheists for Mansion House meeting
According to 2016 census people of no religion comprised more than 10% of population
Schools have ‘no legal basis’ to force students to attend religion classes
Campaigners say legal advice empowers parents to protect their children’s rights
Religious oaths must be removed from State activities
Atheist rights breached when witnesses in court made to swear on the Bible
Parents ‘delighted’ with religious ceremonies ruling
Atheist Ireland says WRC finding ‘important win for right to freedom of belief’
State criticised over €10m spent on chaplains for schools
Campaigners say funding discriminates against secular and minority faith parents
Parents finding it ‘impossible’ to opt children out of religion education
Constitution gives parents a right to withdraw their child from religion classes
Catholic schools can still ask questions on religion despite new law
Section preventing schools asking questions will not come into effect for two years
Schools refusing tuition for students who opt out of religion
Department of Education directive was aimed at affecting up to 160,000 students
Details of proposed church-state covenant expected at dialogue meeting
Religious control of schools likely to dominate discussions
Students in State schools will be ‘forced’ to study religion under new rules
Department of Education accused of ‘capitulating’ to lobbying on religion rules
Do teachers really need a certificate in religious studies to teach at primary?
With 95 per cent of schools under religious control, some argue the requirement amounts to State-sponsored discrimination
New schools law ‘will not change Catholic first policies’
Admissions legislation will not address enrolment issues, Oireachtas committee hears
Students are being forced to study religion, group claims
Atheist Ireland says secondary schools have made the subject compulsory despite rules
New Irish ‘feel pressure’ to allow children be instructed in Catholic faith at schools
Children of atheists and of minority faiths are discriminated against’, says Evangelical Alliance Ireland official
Atheist Ireland criticises RTÉ’s Angelus revamp
RTÉ plans to make Angelus slot accessible to ‘all faiths and none’
Implications of austerity ‘disregarded’, UN committee told
Logan says choices made in Ireland led to higher poverty and high youth unemployment
School management body ‘very concerned’ at admissions policy
Bill’s failure to address religious favouritism ‘outrageous’, says humanists
First meeting between Government and atheist group to take place
Lobby organisation to advocate for secular constitution and education system
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