2024-02-15 09:46
The Dáil and Senate on 23 January 2024 both passed the 39th Amendment to the Constitution (The Family) Bill
and the 40th Amendment to the Constitution (Care) Bill.
Voting day in the R… Read More
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2024-02-10 21:45
The Dáil and Senate have on 23 January 2024 passed 2 Bills for 2 Referenda to make 2 changes to Article 41 of the Constitution of Ireland.
The 2 Referenda will be on Friday 08 March 2… Read More
2024-02-10 18:32
The Dáil and Senate have just passed 2 Bills for 2 Referenda to make 2 changes to Article 41 of the Constitution of Ireland.
The 2 Referenda will be on Friday 08 March 2024.
Each vote… Read More
2024-02-10 08:09
The Mid-West Humanists will hold a meeting, which any person can attend. A person can speak their views, hear others’ views, and discuss this matter.
We hope that by the end of the mee… Read More
2023-08-24 19:38
The Mid-West Humanists regret that the All Island Humanist Summer School – Beyond Orange & Green has been cancelled. Here’s some essential information you may need to know ab… Read More
2023-08-14 18:28
2023-08-13 20:01
MWH Summer School 2023 08 26 PosterA4Download Read More
2022-05-09 13:25
On Thursday 5 May 2022 our Taoiseach Micheál Martin told our TDs a lot more about the deal our Government and Department of Health propose to make with St Vincent’s Holdings CLG… Read More
2022-04-24 09:58
Whether the new National Maternity Hospital will be in the full control of the State and its Health Service, or that a separate company tied to Roman Catholic medical ethics will control it… Read More
2022-02-25 12:39
The Census of all the people in the Republic of Ireland is to be on Sunday 03 April 2022.
Question 12 is about the religion of each person.
The Mid-West Humanists, with the Humanist… Read More
2020-01-21 22:19
The General Election is on Saturday 2020 February 08.
We have campaigned in the past decade about secular declarations for President, judges, and the Council of State; to remove references t… Read More
2019-05-12 18:09
Vote YES so you don’t have to live 4 of the last 5 years apart to qualify for a divorce
– and to let the Dáil and Senate legislate on foreign divorces
The Mid-West Humanis… Read More
2019-05-12 17:09
On Thursday 23 May 2019 at 20:00, Tom Curran will speak at a public meeting in the Pery Hotel, Glentworth Street, Limerick.
Tom Curran’s partner Marie Fleming had Multiple Sclerosis (M… Read More
2018-10-07 10:20
Vote YES to remove the offence of blasphemy
Our leaflet contains the main reasons to vote YES. These reasons apply whether you have a religion or have no religion.
You can download or print… Read More
2018-02-25 23:04
The Mid-West Humanists are campaigning to Repeal the 8th Amendment to the Constitution. This includes printing a leaflet, for the public, that contains rational arguments for removing Articl… Read More
2018-02-25 12:51
We should remove Article 40.3.3 from the Constitution of Ireland
We should bring Abortion Services home to Ireland
At their meeting in January 2018 the Mid-West Humanists decided that democr… Read More
2017-05-22 20:03
Today Monday 22 05 2017 the Mid-West Humanists have emailed and also written by registered post to the Minister for Health about why the new National Maternity Hospital in Dublin should be i… Read More
2017-03-11 18:55
On 16 January 2017 the Department of Education sought submissions from interested persons and groups on the role of denominational religion in the school admissions process and possible appr… Read More
2016-12-04 17:31
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Limerick City Community Radio (LCCR)
The Mid-West Humanists have broadcast their second radio program today Sunday 04 December 2016, at 15:00 in the afternoon – on E… Read More
2016-09-25 21:15
30 September 2016, a Friday, is World Blasphemy Day.
The Center for Inquiry of Amherst, N.Y., U.S.A., proposed this annual special day in 2009.
It is a day for all people in all parts of the… Read More
2016-09-25 20:57
The Mid-West Humanists meeting on Wednesday 21 September 2016 had a further discussion on abortion law in Ireland (that is, the Constitution, Article 40.3.3, added by the 8th amendment in 19… Read More
2016-06-09 20:41
The new government that formed in 2016 made a Program for Government. This includes chapter 10 (page 86) on Education.
The Department of Education and Skills asked people for submissions on… Read More
2016-04-14 11:05
The Mid-West Humanists and similar groups and people note that the order of replies to questions in the Census causes bias in how people reply
This applies to the question about a person&rsq&hell…Read More
2016-04-14 10:02
This is about the reasons to mark box 7 “No religion”, and not to write your own words under box 6.
The Mid-West Humanists meet, one evening each month in the Absolute Hotel, Lim… Read More
2016-02-14 19:18
The General Election is to be on Friday 26 February 2016.
The Mid-West Humanists suggest that voters who favour a secular society ask General Election candidates if they support the followin… Read More
2016-02-14 12:06
Special Notice on Cancellation of meeting 17 February 2016
We became aware only on 11 February of another meeting at exactly the same time, that would be of great interest to many Mid-West H… Read More
2016-01-28 12:45
On Friday 22 01 2016 there was a meeting in the South Court Hotel, Raheen, Limerick, about the process of choosing what group will be Patron of the Second-level school in Mungret, due to be… Read More
2015-12-11 21:41
The Mid-West Humanists met the Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan T.D. on Friday 11 December 2015, to thank her for deciding to remove Rule 68 from the Rules for Nationa… Read More
2015-11-22 20:08
The Mid-West Humanists held a public meeting in Limerick City Library at The Granary: –
“Human Rights in Access to Education”
on Friday 20 November 2015 at 19:45.
The meeti… Read More
2015-11-04 18:11
We have campaigned since 2014 for secular education in Ireland. We learned that the leases of National Schools are quite secular, so that only the religion of the Trustees of each school mar… Read More
2015-10-28 21:17
The Mid-West Humanists held their first table on Thomas Street in Limerick on Saturday 24 October 2015.
The table is like atheist and humanist tables already held in other cities.
Front of M… Read More
2015-10-05 15:03
On Wednesday 30 September 2015, World Blasphemy Day, four Mid-West Humanists were in Cruises Street, Limerick, from about 13:00 until about 15:30.
We had the map of the world with countries… Read More
2015-09-25 19:48
On Wednesday 30 September 2015, which is World Blasphemy Day, some Mid-West Humanists will be on the street in Limerick.
We will probably be in Cruises Street, from close to 13:00…
ho… Read More
2015-08-24 10:42
The meeting on 19 August 2015 supported the petition by Paddy Monahan that no baptismal certificate be required of a child on entry to school.
The meeting considered how to further publicise… Read More
2015-07-25 08:54
The Mid West Humanists have continued on the street in Limerick, nearly every 2 weeks on Saturdays, giving leaflets to the public on why we should remove the sentence that makes blasphemy an… Read More
2015-07-16 09:09
The meeting on 15 July 2015 supported the campaign by Atheist Ireland for every person to visit the TDs in your constituency to ask that they vote for the Private Members Bill amending secti… Read More
2015-06-25 10:20
The Mid-West Humanists plan some media training, in July 2015. This will be of particular use to those who will be speaking on behalf of the MWH to the press or in public.
There are limited… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
What: A Secular Sunday Brunch meetup for Humanists, Atheists & Freethinkers When: Sunday, April 6, 12 noon Where: Rowan Tree Hostel, Ennis Who: Adults and children welcome Che… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
What: A Secular Sunday Brunch meetup for Humanists, Atheists & Freethinkers When: Sunday, January 26th, 12 noon Where: U.L. Sports Arena Restaurant Who: Bring the kids too! Check o… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Submissions to the Constitutional Convention will close on the Convention’s close of business on 27th November 2013 I regret that I posted previously, on 14 11 2013, that the Conventio… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The Constitutional Convention has held meetings of its members for several weekends in 2013. The last one on Saturday 02 and Sunday 03 November voted to recommend removing the clause that st… Read More
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