Michael Nugent
@micknugent
Irish writer & activist. Bestselling books. Hit comedy musical. Chair Atheist Ireland. Be fair to sentient beings. Be happy as you can. Disagree respectfully.
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The amazing size of a trillion. We often read about millions, billions, and trillions with no real idea of the size of those numbers. But when we go beyond millions, the numbers grow incredibly, from a guitar to one tenth of a light year. substack.com/home/post/p-17…
The recent case at the UK Supreme Court, about withdrawing from religious education in schools, highlights the flaws in a WRC decision in Ireland three years ago. The UK case was based on the European Convention on Human Rights, which Ireland has subscribed to. The UK Supreme…
UK case on not attending religion class shows flaws in Irish WRC ruling from 2023 If the process of withdrawal from religious education in Northern Ireland schools breaches the rights of non-religious families, under the same European Convention that Ireland has subscribed to,…
“Phoenix Law Welcomes Landmark UK Supreme Court Judgment Protecting Children’s and Parents’ Rights in Religious Education” “A Significant Victory for Human Rights and Educational Equality. Darragh Mackin, Solicitor for JR87 and her father said: “This decision is a watershed…
Twelve years ago this month, at the Oxford Union, I proposed the motion that religion harms society. It’s still relevant today. open.substack.com/pub/micknugent…
UK Supreme Court rules religious education and worship breaches parents’ and children’s rights atheist.ie/2025/11/uk-sup…
The right to an objective education goes beyond avoiding ‘faith formation’ The Department of Education, school Patron bodies, TDs, the ETBs, and others often refer to ‘faith formation’ in schools, by which they typically mean religious instruction according to the rites of a…
The beautiful game: ten magic moments - and Troy of the Rovers is the eleventh. #coybig #bohs #lufc #mot micknugent.substack.com/p/the-beautifu…
The beautiful game: ten magic moments - and Troy of the Rovers is the eleventh. Yesterday, alone in my telly room, I jumped in the air and screamed louder than a Spinal Tap amp that goes up to eleven, when Troy Parrott scored his last-gasp winner against Hungary. Minutes…
Catholic schools do want to make children feel included, but they mean included in the Catholic religion, faith, and ethos atheist.ie/2025/11/cathol…
We are quite sure that catholic schools do their very best to make all children feel ‘included’, in the catholic religion. The issue is that we are not catholic, we don’t want our children ‘included’ in the catholic religion. Catholic education has a mission and that mission is…
Irish presidency: still no conscientious atheists allowed Today, Ireland swears in yet another president in a ceremony that prevents a conscientious atheist from honestly taking office. Here's what's wrong and what we need to do to change it. micknugent.substack.com/p/irish-presid…
Irish presidency: still no conscientious atheists allowed Today, Ireland swears in yet another president in a ceremony that prevents a conscientious atheist from honestly taking office. Why? Because the Constitution requires them to swear a religious oath that begins “In the…
Wonderful evening yesterday at the John Otway gig in Dublin. He's superbly entertaining. My first gig since my illness. My last gig was Otway in Belfast in 2023, just weeks before my illness. 🙂
The Department of Education is conducting a misleading and harmful survey of primary school parents and guardians, staff, and management board members. It misleadingly implies that parents are being given an option to choose non-religious schools, when in reality they are not.…
End of Life Ireland calls for legal assisted dying. Here are highlights of the event highlighting the issue at the Oireachtas. youtu.be/ZZZ9CJIKMec
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End of Life Ireland calls for legal assisted dying
The European court held that secularism is a belief (philosophical) protected by Article 9 (freedom of conscience) of the European Convention and also Article 2 of Protocol 1 (the right to education). Atheism and humanism are also considered ‘beliefs’ protected by Article 9 and…
Students that exercise their constitutionally protected right to not attend religious instruction in schools are not offered another subject. The Catholic bishops don’t want students that exercise this right to be offered another curriculum subject because they claim it would…
Religious Trauma and Your Brain - Why is it so difficult for many people to discard harmful religious beliefs? Atheist Ireland hosted Dr Darrel Ray, psychologist and president of Recovering from Religion, to give this talk in Dublin. micknugent.substack.com/p/religious-tr…
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