by Emmet Doyle | Oct 15, 2025 | News
Pictured from left are, Dr. Margaret Kennedy, Co Founder Cothrom, Michael O’ Dowd, Co Founder Cothrom ; Senator Sarah O’Reilly and Gladys O’Neill, member of Cothrom at the launch of the campaign today “More than money; The poverty of exclusion” a national poster...
by Emmet Doyle | Oct 14, 2025 | News
The hugely successful event surpassed all expectations with crowds arriving well ahead of the official opening time. Bargain hunters delighted in finding rails and rails of new and nearly new clothes and accessories with prices starting from as low as €5 . The event,...
by Emmet Doyle | Oct 13, 2025 | News
With Christmas edging ever closer on the horizon, a well-known advocate for people who are homeless has today said that demand for her long-standing ‘Santa Wish List’ for children is at its highest ever levels. Saoirse Ni Chonaráin, who is an Aontú rep for Tallaght,...
by Emmet Doyle | Oct 13, 2025 | News
There’s been a call for a nationwide campaign to formally recognise Emotional Support Animals as vital aids for individuals and provide them with a special badge to reflect their status. Aontú Cllr Sarah Beasley is bringing a motion to Limerick City Council, calling...
by Emmet Doyle | Oct 13, 2025 | News
An urgent overhaul of the current driving test system is needed as people are paying out vast sums of money to prepare for tests that are being cancelled at the last minute. That’s according to Aontu Cllr Ellen Troy, who says “I was contacted by a mother...
by Emmet Doyle | Oct 13, 2025 | News
Deputy Paul Lawless Branded the findings presented to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) as a “scandalous exposé of financial misuse and governance collapse” Deputy Lawless highlighted the severe conflict of...
by Emmet Doyle | Oct 13, 2025 | News
Deputy Paul Lawless: The human face of bureaucratic failure can be seen daily in Mayo University Hospital, where 8 patients are currently “clinically discharged” but have nowhere to go. Aontú TD Paul Lawless has raised concern regarding the severe...
by Emmet Doyle | Oct 13, 2025 | News
Families in Mayo are expressing deep concern over a HSE proposal to suppress 35 hours of frontline Speech and Language Therapy from the Children’s Disability Network Team (CDNT3), in order to create a new management post. This change is part of a national...
by Emmet Doyle | Oct 9, 2025 | News
Deputy Lawless today accused the Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil Government of a deliberate extraction of wealth from ordinary Irish workers. Despite pre-election promises the government has failed to deliver for working families in the 2026 budget. This proves that the...
by Emmet Doyle | Oct 9, 2025 | News
Pet owners are facing the hellish choice of either getting a roof over their heads or letting their beloved pets go. Long time animal welfare and homeless advocate, Aontú Cllr Sarah Beasley says. “This is an issue that is getting virtually no attention, but it is one...
