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Peadar Toibín
Peadar Tóibín was first elected as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath West constituency at the 2011 general election. He is a business consultant and Chairperson of the Save Navan Hospital Campaign. He has a degree in Economics and [...]

By Aontú Press | 20 May, 2021

Mairéad Tóibín
Dún Laoghaire LEA - Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Mairéad studied Pharmacy in Trinity College Dublin and has worked as a pharmacist, providing health care in Dublin Bay South for fifteen years.She lives in Dún Laoghaire and works in the HSE. Mairéad [...]

By Aontú Press | 30 June, 2021

Emer Toibín
Navan LEA - Meath County Council Emer Tóibín is married and has 4 children. She has worked as a lecturer, project manager and in business development over many years. Dissatisfaction with how Meath has continuously been left out of governmental investment [...]

By Aontú Press | 20 May, 2021

Jim Codd
Councillor Jim Codd has been a secondary school teacher at the heart of Rosslare LEA for the past quarter of a century. A strong supporter of traditional Irish culture, Jim introduced handball to Bridgetown College in the 1990s and was [...]

By Aontú Press | 20 May, 2021

Edward McManus
Ballymun-Finglas LEA - Dublin City Council Edward is a Pharmacist and Community Activist who lives in the North West of Dublin where he is married with two young children. As a community pharmacist he has helped thousands of families in Ballymun and surrounding [...]

By Aontú Press | 20 May, 2021

Proinsias Ó Conaráin
Donaghmede LEA - Dublin County Council Proinsias Ó Conaráin’s Priorities: Health Provision, Affordable Housing and Homelessness, Facilities for the Elderly and those with Special Needs, Civic Pride and Public Amenities, Combatting Anti-Social Behaviour and Drug Abuse, Saving Historic Dublin, Protecting Dublin Bay I [...]

By Aontú Press | 20 May, 2021

Ellen Troy
Castleknock LEA - Fingal County Council Ellen is married to Declan and they have four adult children. She was born in Edinburgh of Irish parents and has lived in Castleknock for 40 years. Ellen has campaigned on education issues, having been on the [...]

By Aontú Press | 10 January, 2024

Liam Coughlan
Dundrum LEA - Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Liam Coughlan’s Priorities: FAIRER PROPERTY TAX COUNCIL TO BUILD MORE HOUSES MAXIMUM 4-STOREY BUILDINGS NEAR EXISTING HOUSES SHUTTLE BUS LINKS TO LUAS INCREASED ANTI-LITTER MEASURES SCHOOLS NOT TO BE FORCED TO TEACH A CURRICULUM THAT CONFLICTS WITH THEIR ETHOS AND [...]

By Aontú Press | 20 May, 2021

Una O'Connor
Clane LEA - Kildare County Council Una O’Connor is your Aontú candidate in the Clane Local Electoral Area. Una began her career in the Department of Foreign Affairs before joining An Garda Siochana where she worked until her recent retirement and is [...]

By Aontú Press | 10 January, 2024

Peter Devin
Kells LEA - Meath County Council As a secondary school teacher and a small farmer, Peter Devin is very aware of the struggles for young people and farmers in Ireland at the present time. Peter is fifty years old and is married [...]

By Aontú Press | 10 January, 2024

Dave Boyne
Trim LEA - Meath County Council Dave Boyne has been selected as the Aontú Local Election candidate for the Trim Area. Dave is a 42-year-old married father of five children originally from Boardsmill, currently living in Trim. A member of Engineers Ireland [...]

By Aontú Press | 10 January, 2024

Laura O'Neill
Kinnegad-Delvin LEA - Westmeath County Council Over the past two years Laura O’Neill has utilised her position in Deputy Tóibín’s constituency office, Delvin, to advocate for the people of Westmeath. She has been active in seeking funding for local services like the [...]

By Aontú Press | 10 January, 2024

Brandon Scott
Ashbourne LEA - Meath County Council My name is Brandon Scott. I’m 26 and from Garlow Cross – a small area between Johnstown and Skryne. I’m very privileged to have been selected to contest in the upcoming Meath County Council election [...]

By Aontú Press | 10 January, 2024

Gerard Sheehan
Ongar LEA - Fingal County Council Gerard Sheehan is married to Sinead and they have five children. He has been involved in local issues for many years with a view to improving the area and helping to grow a more inclusive community. Gerard [...]

By Aontú Press | 10 January, 2024

Ian Noel Smyth
Cabra-Glasnevin LEA - Dublin City Council As a father of four young children, Ian has a real sense of the needs, issues and concerns of parents in this area specifically including reduced access to schools, unsustainable childcare costs, inadequate local facilities, [...]

By Aontú Press | 10 January, 2024

Michael O'Dowd
Drogheda Urban - Louth County Council Michael O’Dowd is the Aontu Representative in Louth and lives in Drogheda, County Louth. Education: Michael is a qualified accountant and has an MSc in Business Development from the University of Ulster. Michael is married to Audrey and [...]

By Aontú Press | 29 November, 2021

Peter Whelan
Laytown-Bettystown LEA - Meath County Council Peter whelan is the Aontú representative for the Laytown Bettystown electoral area in Meath east. Peter lives on a farm just outside Slane where he and his wife Susan run a free range pig farm, [...]

By Aontú Press | 23 November, 2021

James Morris
Clontarf LEA - Dublin City Council New to politics, I decided to join Aontu and get active as I found no other political alternative to trust with my vote again. The only principled TD I saw in the Dail was Peadar Toibin, who has [...]

By Aontú Press | 11 April, 2023

Ciarán Hogan
Bray East LEA - Wicklow County Council Ciarán Hogan is an entrepreneur with two successful businesses in Dublin, and a background in commercial piloting. A dedicated husband and father to two girls, Ciarán is dedicated to making Ireland safe, prosperous, clean and restoring [...]

By Aontú Press | 10 January, 2024

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.




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