by Emmet Doyle | May 28, 2026 | News
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín says the government could mitigate this €250 annual price rise, as semi-state body Electric Ireland has a “profit buffer”. Responding to today’s news Electric Ireland electricity prices are to rise by 8%, with gas going up by 7.7%, Tóibín...
by Emmet Doyle | May 28, 2026 | News
Aontú TD for Mayo, Paul Lawless challenged the Tánaiste Simon Harris during Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil today over discrepancies in electricity prices for data centres and households. Speaking today, Deputy Lawless said: “In 2024 data centres used 22%...
by Emmet Doyle | May 26, 2026 | News
Tóibín: “Re-turn bosses must come before an Oireachtas Committee – it’s time to reform or end this beset scheme.” Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín has requested bosses of Ireland’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) to come before the Oireachtas Committee...
by Emmet Doyle | May 26, 2026 | News
Aontú TD for Mayo, Paul Lawless, has welcomed clarification from the Minister for Education that there is no requirement for leaving cert or junior cert students to have their own laptop. Speaking today, Deputy Lawless said: “A number of parents in my...
by Emmet Doyle | May 26, 2026 | News
A local public representative has hit out at an incident at a Drogheda church where two planters were destroyed and the contents strewn around the ground. Aontú’s Michael O’ Dowd says “The wanton vandalism carried out over the weekend outside the Augustinian Church in...
by Emmet Doyle | May 26, 2026 | News
Classrooms across Co. Cork may hum to the sound of our national anthem with the local authority agreeing to write to the Minister for Education requesting it be made a compulsory element of the school curriculum , on foot of a motion by Aontú Cllr Peter O’ Donoghue. ...
by Emmet Doyle | May 26, 2026 | News
Tóibín on next month’s EU migration pact: “This is a big mistake, because Ireland is unique. It fails to account for our open border with the North.” Aontú leader Peadar Toíbín says the EU-wide reform – which starts on June 12 – is flawed because it does...
by Emmet Doyle | May 26, 2026 | News
The Aontú week that was.. Communications director Larissa Nolan’s round-up of Aontú in the news over the past seven days. Great minds think alike and Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín was singing from the same hymn sheet as the Pope, this week. Pope Leo compared...
by Emmet Doyle | May 25, 2026 | News
Aontú Senator Sarah O’Reilly has welcomed the full review of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006, saying the current system unfairly exposes Irish fishermen to criminal prosecution in situations where other sectors, and other EU countries, take...
by Emmet Doyle | May 21, 2026 | News
The Aontú leader says: “No-one will get into trouble over this, no-one will be held to account.” Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín says the reckless squander of public money will continue “over and over” until there are consequences. He was speaking in reaction to the news...
