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Thousands Arrested for Drug Offences in Cavan Garda Division - Cllr Sarah O'Reilly
27/8/2024 Thousands of people have been arrested for Drug offences in the Garda Division that covers Cavan over the past decade. Figures released to Aontú by the Minister for Justice show that 11,467 [...]

By Aontú Press | 11 September, 2024

Horse Project for Limerick City Could Yet Be Realised - Cllr Sarah Beasley
19 /8/2024 A much promised and long-awaited Horse project for Limerick City could eventually be realised. That’s according to Aontú Cllr. Sarah Beasley who says that the project is now included in the Mayoral [...]

By Aontú Press | 11 September, 2024

Groundhog Day for Castleknock Schoolchildren as no Room in Secondary Schools - Cllr Ellen Troy
22 /7/2024 The vexed issue of a lack of school places for young people entering secondary school in D15 needs to be examined in an imaginative way in a bid to solve [...]

By Aontú Press | 11 September, 2024

Public Meeting Planned to get Meath County Council to Implement Safety Measures on Rural Roads - Cllr Dave Boyne
Following on from the latest near miss road incident on Co. Meath’s rural roads, a local Politician says he has “had enough” and is organising a protest to get “Meath County Council [...]

By Aontú Press | 11 September, 2024

"Fine Gael's 'party of home ownership' spin line deeply offensive to homeless people" - Peadar Tóibín
The Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD has branded as "deeply offensive" a Fine Gael narrative which suggests that they are the party of 'home ownership'.    Speaking today, Deputy Tóibín said: "Freedom [...]

By Aontú Press | 11 September, 2024

Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure should be Brought Before the Finance Committee Immediately to Explain Costly €13billion Apple Tax Fiasco
Aontú leader, Meath West TD and Finance Committee member Peadar Tóibín has written to the Chair of the Finance Committee John McGuiness requesting that the Minister for Finance and the [...]

By Aontú Press | 11 September, 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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