You could try ringing this guy, attached to Enterprise Ireland, he'd probably know what's the best thing to do: Enterprise Ireland, Dublin-based staff servicing Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Region: Peter Jackson Tel: +353-1-727-2909 Otherwise, there is an Irish Embassy: Irish Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi A...

I'm not really interested in the pope, but I think it's a pity Benny resigned. He was a great asset to our cause: he kept dropping clangers and seemed to want to drag the church back to the 14th Century. The one about the donkey in the crib (or not in the crib) was priceless. I think he was instrume...

My limited understanding of the big bang, is that the space was created then also. It is not the case that there was a huge space and then all the matter exploded into it: the space expanded as well. It is difficult enough to get our heads around the real history of the universe, never mind what was...

Sorry I missed it.

On which side of the debate was Michael speaking? Will the LawSoc or someone post a podcast somewhere, I wonder?

(I would argue that, unfortunately, it is not irrelevant because it still has too much power - especially in "education"/indoctrination.)

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My answer to the first question would be similar to paolovf's and bipedal's answer. To ask for proof that the natural world is all that there is, is a ridiculous question. To me, it seems analogous to someone, for example, handing me an orange and then asking for proof that they have given me only a...

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment is asking for comments from parents, teachers and students on "... what should our curriculum priorities be at primary (school)?" Following is the link to the website form: http://www.ncca.biz/children/hav.htm I, of course, told them that there shou...

The history of the bible is interesting, but, as aZ said, that would be another book. Doesn't the bible date from the Council of Constantine or someone, when they threw out even worse bits than they left in? I always thought that the reason we Irish (and possibly Catholics in general) didn't read th...

I like Tulip a lot, but I would like to be excluded from his idea that 'Many people in Ireland only think short term and Sinn Fein is exploiting that'. I was thinking long term when I voted against the Single European Act. I was thinking long term when I voted against the Maastricht treaty: it made ...

I am just skimming through the 'Report'. Some parts of it are strange and do not appear to have addressed the problems which have been clearly identified. Just one small example from page 121: The Advisory Group recommends that communal prayers, reflections, hymns, or school assemblies, where these ...

The new logo: Me again, with another 2 c worth: I've had a cruise around the web to see what other atheist groups use and, while most are pretty poor, I consider 'our' new one to be down at the bottom of the barrel. I know that it's easy to criticize without proferring some positive solution. I also...