Richard Dawkins is coming to Ireland and is trailing his coat, suggesting the controversial prayer that opens the proceedings of the Dáil each day should be replaced by a prayer to Thor or the fairies, in hope that he may be prosecuted to test the law. (The link is to the UK paper The Independent rather than The Irish Times, because the latter has taken to paywalling some articles, and being a subscriber I don't know if a piece I link may be unreadable for others.
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