Please find our cookie policy below

Aontú uses cookies to provide features such as language preferences, to remain logged in after accessing our systems, to store your orders from the online shop and to analyse traffic to the website. This page details which cookies are used by Aontú and the purposes for which they are used, as well as how to change your cookie preferences. This page should be read along with the privacy policy. If you have any queries about our cookie policy, please contact dpo@aontu.ie.

You can adjust your cookie settings on our cookie preferences page.

Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored in a prearranged location on your computer or browsing device, which may be a phone, laptop or tablet, among others, when you visit a website. Not every website places cookies, but most of them do. This text file usually contains a unique identifier which is compared with other information to determine for example, whether or not you have last visited, or whether you would like to see the contents of the site in English or Irish.

Which cookies are used and the reasons Aontú uses cookies

Cookies are placed to determine which language you'd like to be shown content, which is a necessary cookie for the function of the site.
Cookies are placed to determine whether or not you may be logged in to our systems, which is a necessary cookie for the function of the site.
We use an online shop called woocommerce which is a very popular online retail platform. This system places necessary and functional cookies on your system when you make orders and visit the shop. These cookies will expire after a few hours, on the same day, or at the latest in two days time. These cookies are stored locally and not passed on to any third parties for processing.
Woocommerce also places a single text cookie to check that cookies can be placed, which is necessary and functional. These cookies are stored locally and not passed on to any third parties for processing.
Our payment processor, Stripe, (the company which takes your credit card details) may also place necessary, functional and short lived cookies on your computer.
Cookies are placed to track how many people are visiting our site and which parts of the site they are visiting. This information is anonymised and aggregated and stored fully within the EU, and not passed on to any third parties for processing. We do not use Google services or allow Google to place cookies through our system.

All cookies may be blocked by your browser settings, but if all cookies are blocked the site may not function properly. Required functional cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

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Changes to this cookie policy
This cookie policy notice may be updated to reflect changes in our services and how we comply with data protection legislation. We encourage you to review this notice on a regular basis.

The Irish political system is radically broken

In Ireland the vast majority of elected representatives put a finger in the air to check which way the political wind is blowing. They have one eye on their leaders – seeking brownie points – and another eye keeping their seat safe. If elected reps shut up and do as they’re told, they are promoted; if they stand up for what they believe in, they are demoted. No wonder we have the political class we have. No wonder one point one billion euro is being buried in a hole under the National Children’s Hospital and that Stormont is in stalemate.

Throughout Ireland, many people are now afraid to say what they feel, many are afraid to respectfully engage on a range of different topics. Many feel there is a new censorship and a new political correctness in Ireland, that opposition to the establishment is being deleted.

Respectful opposition is not the enemy. Respectful opposition is a critical element of a functional democracy. Aontú will have the backbone to stand up, without fear, for you.