by Emmet Doyle | May 21, 2026 | News
Tóibín on Meta cuts: “The Irish tech sector is in big trouble – AI is like nuclear power and needs to be regulated at a global level.” Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín says the loss of 350 Irish-based jobs at Facebook parent company Meta shows AI is an enormous...
by Emmet Doyle | May 21, 2026 | News
Senator Sarah O’Reilly has welcomed plans by Minister Patrick O’Donovan to bring RTÉ under the oversight of the Comptroller and Auditor General, saying there must be far greater transparency around how public money is spent. Senator O’Reilly said the...
by Emmet Doyle | May 21, 2026 | News
Communications director Larissa Nolan’s digest of how Aontú made the news in the past seven days (May 11 to 17) Wednesday May 13 was a significant day in the history of Aontú. It was the date an extreme abortion bill intended to greatly widen access was defeated in a...
by Emmet Doyle | May 20, 2026 | News
The Aontú Dublin Central by-election candidate says everyone in the city knew the reforms were guaranteed to jack rents up even higher. Aontú’s Ian Noel Smyth has said citizens of the capital are being punished harder than anyone else by crippling rent increases...
by Emmet Doyle | May 20, 2026 | News
Aontú Senator Sarah O’Reilly has criticised Minister of State Kevin Boxer Moran for failing to answer key questions on accountability and oversight in the Office of Public Works amid growing public frustration over wasteful spending. Speaking following her...
by Emmet Doyle | May 20, 2026 | News
Aontú Leader and Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín attacked the government’s rent increasing policy in the Dáil today. He did so from a different perspective than all other opposition parties. An Teachta Tóibín stated: “The debate in this chamber over the last 10 years has...
by Emmet Doyle | May 20, 2026 | News
“If Fingal County Council can’t get its act together re the allocation of homes during the worst housing crisis this state has ever seen, I’d hate to see it in ‘normal times’” . That’s the damning inditement of Aontú Cllr Ellen Troy who has said she is staggered to...
by Emmet Doyle | May 20, 2026 | News
Chairperson of the Meath on Track Campaign, Peadar Tóibín TD has called for the Navan to Dublin Rail line to be designated as Critical Infrastructure under the new Critical Infrastructure Bill. Speaking in the Dáil today to the Taoiseach An Teachta Tóibín stated: “...
by Emmet Doyle | May 20, 2026 | News
Dublin by-election candidate Ian Noel Smyth has criticised the decision to maintain high vehicle clamping charges, warning that motorists continue to face disproportionate penalties during an ongoing cost-of-living crisis. The Aontú candidate said the Department of...
by Emmet Doyle | May 20, 2026 | News
PEADAR TÓIBÍN: “More than 600 children had spinal surgery cancelled in the last five years. CHI needs to say exactly why.” The Aontú leader said there was a 30% increase in three years and if trends continue, it will mean 200 cancellations of operation this year....
