by Emmet Doyle | Feb 19, 2026 | News
People with hidden disabilities across Limerick got a huge boost this week with confirmation that Limerick City and County Council is to promote The Sunflower Project, following the successful advocacy and motion by Aontú Cllr Sarah Beasley. Speaking following the...
by Emmet Doyle | Feb 18, 2026 | News
Aontú Leader and Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín has called Governments ban of children on social media as poorly thought out. An Teachta Tóibín stated: Most parents will agree that children under the age of 16 should not be on social media. I have spoken to children on...
by Emmet Doyle | Feb 18, 2026 | News
There’s been a call for a pilot night‑time Local Link service to operate during the upcoming Monaghan Country Music Festival — with a view to trialling weekend night services across the county’s larger towns if successful. Aontú Rep for Monaghan, Olivia...
by Emmet Doyle | Feb 16, 2026 | News
The Government’s apparent new criteria for children to qualify for Special Needs support has drawn criticism, with one Navan Cllr describing it as ‘stripped back and narrow’ Aontú’s Cllr Emer Tóibín says “I am deeply concerned over talk of Special Needs Assistants...
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...
