by Emmet Doyle | Mar 26, 2025 | News
Farmers who are farming some of the poorest land in Ireland are receiving thousands of euros less in CAP payments than their Dublin counterparts. Aontú Senator Sarah O’ Reilly says that the latest statistics on CAP payments reveal “a shocking and unacceptable...
by Emmet Doyle | Mar 26, 2025 | News
Ahead of Daffodil Day (Friday, 28th March), the national fundraising day for the Irish Cancer Society, Aontú Senator Sarah O’Reilly says that figures showing a 12% disparity in the 5 year survival rates for women diagnosed with breast cancer in public hospitals, as...
by Emmet Doyle | Mar 25, 2025 | News
A surge in serious anti-social behaviour in parts of Navan has renewed locals concerns about public safety. Aontú Cllr Emer Tóibín claims that despite Garda reports and assurances from Meath County Council regarding CCTV activation and coverage, there has been no...
by Emmet Doyle | Mar 24, 2025 | News
Parents of school-going children in Cavan Monaghan are already worrying about their school travel arrangements under the School Bus Scheme for next September. Aontú Senator Sarah O’ Reilly says she is inundated with queries from parents, concerned about the pick-up...
by Emmet Doyle | Mar 20, 2025 | News
The government this morning voted down an amendment from Aontú to the Order of Business which sought ensure the Dáil would sit on Friday of this week and next. Speaking in the Dáil Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín TD said: “In the 130 days between the 8th November and...
by Emmet Doyle | Mar 20, 2025 | News
The Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín TD today raised the crisis in policing with the Taoiseach during Leaders’ Questions. Speaking in the Dáil, Deputy Tóibín said: “Taoiseach, most Garda divisions had fewer frontline officers last year. That’s a shocking headline. Last year...
by Emmet Doyle | Mar 19, 2025 | News
A school in Tallaght with 230 students is facing closure next month if the Department of Education doesn’t come up with emergency funding . The Sacred Heart Junior School in Killinarden has written to parents and guardians following a Board of Management meeting...
by Emmet Doyle | Mar 19, 2025 | News
A surge in serious anti-social behaviour in parts of Navan has renewed locals concerns about public safety. Aontú Cllr Emer Tóibín claims that despite Garda reports and assurances from Meath County Council regarding CCTV activation and coverage, there has been no...
by Emmet Doyle | Mar 19, 2025 | News
A loophole in the Government’s Rent a Room Scheme is causing untold stress and anxiety for users of the scheme and must be reviewed. Aontú Senator Sarah O’ Reilly says she has been made aware of a number of inconsistencies surrounding the much-heralded scheme, and...
by Emmet Doyle | Mar 14, 2025 | News
Aontú Leader and Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín stated: “Irish Whiskey sales increased from 7 million cases ten years ago to over 15 million cases last year. America is by far our biggest market taking over 1/3 of all Irish whiskey produced. The sector is made up of a...
