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Tag: Military Chaplains

Neutrality Is Immoral

I’m glad to see the issue of Irish military neutrality back in the news again. This country is not immune to very real external threats and it is immoral to remain neutral as between the malign and the benign.

March 4, 2025
Correspondence With The Deputy Chief Of Staff

Through FoI, I obtained an internal email from the Deputy Chief of Staff within the Irish Defence Forces. Since Major General Ó’Murchú referred to me personally, I sent him a follow up email to help him with his presumptions about me.

March 1, 2025
The Irish Catholic And Their Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad “Journalism”

Not alone has an entirely appalling and utterly false allegation been made by The Irish Catholic newspaper, but they have also refused to correct the fiction that they invented out of think air.

April 25, 2024
The Christian Chauvinism Of Micheál Martin

The comments from Micheál Martin TD in the Dáil following the recent massacre of Jews by Hamas, were based on appalling sectarianism and religious chauvinism. Moreover, Mr Martin has form in this regard.

October 17, 2023
Department Of Defence Rapid Reactions

I have received some correspondence from Micheál Martin TD as Minster for Defence. If the EU Rapid Reaction Force is relying on his “standard operating procedures”, they needn’t expect anything to happen rapidly.

August 22, 2023
Defence Forces Chaplaincy Review Board

Today I had a very interesting and useful meeting with the Irish Defence Forces Chaplaincy Review Board. I spoke with Lt Col Padraig Brennan and several of his colleagues on the Board, providing an atheist perspective into the review process.

April 12, 2023
Successful Litigation Against Minister For Defence

After applying to become a Military Chaplain, I litigated a case against Simon Coveney as Minister for Defence, under the terms of the Employment Equality Act. A recent decision in the case has found that I was subject to unlawful religious discrimination because I am an atheist.

March 3, 2023