by Emmet Doyle | Jun 10, 2025 | News
Aontú TD for Mayo, Paul Lawless, this week brought forward a key amendment to the boarded up council housing motion during a Dáil debate, highlighting the unacceptable delays in bringing vacant local authority homes back into use and calling for immediate, practical...
by Emmet Doyle | Jun 9, 2025 | News
Aontú Councillor Ellen Troy has called for the implementation of a national testing programme for haemochromatosis in Ireland, highlighting the urgent need for early detection and treatment of this condition. Haemochromatosis, often referred to as “iron overload...
by Emmet Doyle | Jun 9, 2025 | News
In light of the RTE expose of the care offered to vulnerable elderly people in two nursing homes in Dublin and Laois, the Government has a duty to ensure that big corporations planning to offer residential care must be subject to full background checks. That’s...
by Emmet Doyle | Jun 6, 2025 | News
The Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD has called for an urgent ‘random sample’ review of all cervical check slides over the past fifteen years. He was speaking after the HSE apologised to terminally-ill, mother of two, Leona Macken, in the High Court yesterday...
by Emmet Doyle | Jun 6, 2025 | News
The Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín TD has called for urgent enacting of Safeguarding Legislation aimed at protecting people in nursing homes. Speaking in light of the RTE Investigates documentary this week, Deputy Tóibín said: “During the pandemic people in nursing homes...
by Emmet Doyle | May 28, 2025 | News
A total of 405 inspections were carried out by Cavan County Council last year on private landlord let accommodation last year. 221 dwellings did not meet the regulations required on first inspection with 24 notices served on landlords for improvements to be carried...
by Emmet Doyle | May 28, 2025 | News
School children with special needs in Letterkenny are facing intolerable delays travelling to and from school as a result of dire traffic congestion. That’s according to Aontú Rep Rebecca McDaid who said that children had spent unnecessary delays on a school bus...
by Emmet Doyle | May 23, 2025 | News
The livelihoods and futures of young people in Cavan are being jeopardised as a result of this Government’s ongoing inability to get to grips with the ever-lengthening driving waiting times. That’s according to Aontú Senator Sarah O’Reilly who recounted the story of a...
by Emmet Doyle | May 16, 2025 | News
Successive Governments have had 70 years to try and come up with workable policies to eradicate Bovine TB and the current incumbents are desperately trying to rush through ill thought-out proposals made at a stakeholder forum. That’s according to Aontú Senator Sarah...
by Emmet Doyle | May 15, 2025 | News
Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín has said that the unveiling of a new policy by the British Prime Minister yesterday that includes new strict enforcement measures to reduce inward migration to Britain will inevitably mean more people entering the island of Ireland for...
