# Can atheists hold public office in the Republic of Ireland?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 26, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-atheists-hold-public-office-in-the-republic-of-ireland/482987 "2009-01-26T00:32:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-atheists-hold-public-office-in-the-republic-of-ireland/482987/21 "2009-01-29T08:34:22Z")

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> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> Nothing stopping an Irish court from reviewing the jurisprudence of the SCOTUS in the issue of ceremonial deism, finding it the US doctrine to be persuasive, and incorporating it into Irish law. That kind of borrowing and analysis is fairly common in the international common law world, outside the US.

Indeed that happens all the time in Ireland, although more commonly with decisions of the British courts.

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