‘Fraudulent promises of a temporary windfall will not mitigate the horrific impact of fracking on our environment or public health’

The ground we stand on, the air we breathe and the water we drink are under grave threat once again, thanks to Theresa May’s alarming proposal to bribe local residents to accept the extraction of shale gas by drilling underneath our homes. Not only does it make a mockery of the ‘greenest government ever’ mantra…

TUC research reveals black workers with degrees earn on average 23% less than white colleagues

Shame-inducing research conducted by the Trades Union Congress has revealed that black and minority ethnic (BAME) workers are a third more likely than their white counterparts not to have enough paid work that makes full use of their skills and abilities. The report quite rightly laments that this situation is a ‘waste of talent’, and…

‘A secular Constitution is the only way to protect equally the rights of religious and nonreligious people’ – Michael Nugent

Atheist Ireland campaigns for a secular Irish Constitution, which respects equally the right of every citizen to our religious or nonreligious philosophical beliefs, with the State remaining neutral on these beliefs. Religious states promote religion, atheist states promote atheism, and secular states promote neither. In a pluralist democratic society, a secular Constitution is the only…