Aontú Councillor Denise Mullen who represents Moy in County Tyrone has revealed that she has been victim of an intense campaign of threats since last May’s local elections. She believes the threats began when her tormentor saw her private phone number on her election material. She says that she has received around 900 phone calls […]
Francie Brolly, the well-known singer, musician, teacher and republican activist has died suddenly in his home in Dungiven Co Derry. News of his passing was greeted with sadness among people in Derry and within the wider community. With his wife Anne, he was a renowned musician, singer and songwriter, and the couple toured and recorded […]
Aontú has welcomed the decision of RTÉ to include Peadar Tóibín in the leader’s debate on Thursday. The party said: “RTE have confirmed that Aontú will participate in the Leaders’ debate on Thursday. This is good news. In a free and open democracy no party should be excluded from presenting their policies to the people.”Last […]
PEADAR TÓIBÍN outlined Aontú’s ‘United Ireland Policy’ at the GPO today
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín says that, as Minister for Transport in next Cabinet, he would immediately address the “daily nightmare” of commuting for families. “Family life is becoming impossible as parents are forced to leave their homes before dawn and are returning after their children are in bed. They’re saying to me that they feel […]
Sinn Féín TDs have “zero” influence over the party’s policy decisions, according to a former representative, and TDs are told what to do by unelected party staff. In fact, Peadar Tóibín says, Sinn Féin’s TDs are not even allowed to chose their own parliamentary assistants and must represent the party rather than the people who elected them. The Aontú […]
Peadar Tóibín has said that Aontú is considering legal action against RTÉ because they have excluded the party from Monday’s leaders’ debate. Seven political parties will take part in the televised debate – but Aontú, with six elected representatives have been excluded. Now Aontú has told RTÉ that if the party is not included in […]
With suicide rates in Cavan and Monaghan at twice the national average according to the National Office for Suicide Prevention, a local Cllr has expressed fears that people are ‘dying unnecessarily’ due to gaps in the services, and has questioned if the situation ‘could be termed a mental health emergency’. Calling for the establishment of a Mental Health […]
Aontú has slammed RTÉ’s decision to exclude the party from the televised Leaders’ debates. Describing the decision as a “modern day lockout”, Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín, said the move as a serious mistake by the broadcaster and questioned the reasoning behind the decision. An Teachta Tóibín stated: “There are 8 political parties organised on a […]
Peadar Tóibín, leader of Aontú, has urged the electorate to “think outside the political cartel” of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, and to vote for its 25 candidates on February 8th. The party is hoping to build on the success of the general election last year, and says that the current government, supported by Fianna […]
“We’ve one Garda station for an area the size of Limerick,” Edward McManus of Aontú told over a hundred residents of the Dublin suburb of Castleknock who turned out to attend the latest in a series of public meetings on tackling crime in the area. Describing the current bail laws as a ‘joke’ and calling […]
A Wexford Councillor has accused “Dublin-centric politicians” of encouraging “misinformation and anti-farmer propaganda” at a time when farmers are struggling. Sharing a photo of the controversial Go Vegan billboards which have been seen throughout the country in the past few months, Codd said: “while our farmers are watching their livelihood and rural Ireland’s way of life desecrated, […]