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# Secular

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# Secular
The National Children's Hospital won't be named after a saint, but what should it be called?
The new name has come from a staff suggestion process, but hasn’t been revealed yet.
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Sep 10th 2017, 6:05 AM
Voices
'Neutrality and pluralism are not particularly good reasons for taking God out of our Constitution'
There are certainly very strong philosophical reasons for accepting at least the existence of God, writes Dr Thomas Finegan.
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Jun 4th 2017, 9:30 AM
# Your Say
Poll: Should the Angelus be scrapped?
Some people think it’s not appropriate in modern Ireland.
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Jun 2nd 2017, 9:29 AM
# Patronage
Secular Schools Ireland to apply to run three new primary schools in Dublin
Some 96% of primary schools are under religious control.
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Mar 14th 2016, 6:00 AM
# Patronage
Primary schools in 23 towns to change patronage following survey
The change comes after surveys were carried out in 38 towns across the country.
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Apr 2nd 2013, 7:48 AM
Voices
Column: Religion should be taken out of schools. Leave it at home.
Most schools in Ireland are far from inclusive to non-Catholics, writes Jane Donnelly – and this needs to change.
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Nov 1st 2012, 7:00 AM
# Funeral
Funerals in Ireland: What are your options?
Online funeral planning, green burials and cremation – there’s more than one way to organise your big send-off.
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May 13th 2012, 9:15 AM
# belief
Europe is threatened by 'militant secularism' - British Cabinet minister
A Conservative minister said that some athiests have the same intolerant instincts as authoritarian regimes.
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Feb 14th 2012, 3:10 PM
# Turkey
Early results indicate Turkey's ruling party likely to win third term
The government of prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan may seek to reform the country’s military-era constitution in its third term.
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Jun 12th 2011, 5:50 PM
LIVE
France's face veil ban takes effect today
A controversial ban on facial veils has come into effect in France today, despite protests by interest groups that the ban violates European human rights law.
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Apr 11th 2011, 10:14 AM