by Emmet Doyle | Feb 16, 2026 | News
The National Women’s Council (NCW) has come in for a stinging rebuke over its silence on the case of coercive control and forced abortion recently adjudicated in Donegal. A young woman was abused by her partner and forced to abort her unborn baby against her will in a...
by Emmet Doyle | Feb 16, 2026 | News
There’s been a call for more oversight into the use of sunbeds by young people. Aontú Cllr Ellen Troy says “While it is illegal for anybody under the age of 18 to use sunbeds, sadly many are continuing to access them through unscrupulous providers and this needs to be...
by Emmet Doyle | Feb 13, 2026 | News
Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín TD has today lambasted the National Children’s Science Centre as a “monument to state incompetence,” following a bruising Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearing that exposed 23 years of administrative paralysis and a 500% cost explosion....
by Emmet Doyle | Feb 11, 2026 | News
Data released to the Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD following a Parliamentary Question reveals a staggering volume of clinical and non-clinical failures within CHI over a five-year period. Deputy Tóibín has described new figures revealing over 31,000 incidents at...
by Emmet Doyle | Feb 11, 2026 | News
The Aontú Leader and Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín has welcomed cross party support for the Aontú PMB tackling the flood crisis in the Dáil today. An Teachta Tóibín stated: There is palpable anger building up in many communities over the glacial speed of flood defence...
by Emmet Doyle | Feb 11, 2026 | News
Funding for the maintenance of Donegal’s Roads has been cut. Latest figures released to Aontú show that funds for Donegal Co Councils Roads Maintenance section have been cut by €51,777. It received €1,034,710 last year down from the previous €1,086,487...
