New Political Parties and Organisations

Last year we had a speaker from Amhrán Nua, since then it seems there have been several attempts to start new parties or pressure groups. These groups tend to be centrist and often talk about political and constitutional reform. Some examples are the Liberals and the Irish Democratic Party and Direct Democracy Ireland who’s video is posted below. Do [...]

Mandelbrot Has Left the Set

Benoit Mandelbrot passed away earlier this week.

The Atheist Experience – “Superiority of Secular Morality”

The Atheist Experience™: Matt’s “Superiority of…, posted with vodpod A lecture by Matt Dillahunty of the Atheist Commumity of Austin

Richard Dawkins – Reply to the Pope’s attack on Atheists

Below is the full text of the speech as written, it was shortened due to the speeches starting late. More video from the protest can be found here. Should Joseph Ratzinger have been welcomed with all the pomp and ceremony due to a Head of State? No. As Geoffrey Robertson has shown in The Case of [...]

Christopher Hitchens: Some Confessions and Contradictions

Christopher Hitchens speaks quite movingly about his new memoir. Particularly about his mother’s suicide. more about "Christopher Hitchens: Some Confession…", posted with vodpod

FORA.tv – From Islam to America: Ayaan Hirsi Ali

A former member of the Dutch parliament and longtime human rights advocate, Ayaan Hirsi Ali has lived in constant threat for her outspoken beliefs and collaboration with controversial director Theo van Gogh (who was murdered by a radical Islamist).Her journey continues as she discusses starting her new life in America, reconciling with her Islamic past, [...]

Iran, Ireland – the common pain

Below are three videos from Mid-west Humanist Hassan Faramarz on the similarities and differences he has noticed since moving to Ireland. Hassan’s YouTube channel is here, and you can find his web page here.

June Meeting

Details of our June meeting are below. Date                      :               Tuesday 15th June  2010 Time                     :               20.00 Venue                  :               Carlton Castletroy Park Hotel

For anyone who hasn’t seen this yet…

Craig Venter and team make a historic announcement: they’ve created the first fully functioning, reproducing cell controlled by synthetic DNA. He explains how they did it and why the achievement marks the beginning of a new era for science. You can read some opinions on this announcement here and here.

May Meeting

For our May meeting we’ll be moving back to Tuesday night. We’re trying to find the day and time that suits people best so if you have any feedback please let us know. Date                      :               Tuesday 18th May  2010 Time                     [...]

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