Aontú

First week of election campaign sees drop in support for Fine Gael with Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin tied in second place close behind

The shameful and eternal truth about the Irish left is that as long as it stands apart, it falls apart

People Before Profit says it will abolish UCS for those earning less than €100,000 as Simon Harris confronted over homeless crisis

Fianna Fáil accuses Green Party of creating ‘additional hurdles’ for first-time buyers in its manifesto

Aontú presents its immigration policies as Labour pledges €7bn of Apple tax cash for housing

When election candidates coming knocking at your door, will you speak for the children so badly let down by the State?

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín raises concern over ‘time lag’ between seizure and arrival in State coffers

Peadar Tóibín says Senators ‘sniggered like giddy children’ as they denied being reported infiltrator during Seanad sitting

Aontú leader calls on political parties to audit members for potential contact from Russian intelligence

A record number of women are expected to run in the next general election but insults and misogyny make the job of parties more difficult to encourage women to enter politics

The rumours are swirling but never mind the noise: the general election campaign has already begun

Budget 2025: Labour hit out at ‘lack of imagination’ while Social Democrats call budget ‘a giveaway on steroids’

Aontú is concerned the proposed extension of the free contraception scheme to 16-year-olds amounts to a State-sponsored behavioural nudge: where their parents got SSIAs or Eircom shares, today’s young women would get Mirena coils

Support for Fine Gael increases as Sinn Féin drops to lowest level since last election with Fianna Fáil just behind in third

Mary Lou McDonald says inner-city communities ‘sick and tired’ of sense of ‘threat and dread’, lack of support and services

Election results: Barry Cowen expected to be elected alongside Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan as Midlands-North-West counting continues

Luke Ming Flanagan leads the pack in Castlebar as battle for three Ireland South seats comes down to four candidates

Tom McDonnell is a joint founder of Éire Saor in Newbridge, Co Kildare

Andrews, Doherty, Boylan, Ó Ríordáin elected as MEPs in Dublin; John Moran becomes country’s first directly elected mayor in Limerick

Sinn Féin doubles numbers on local authority as Fianna Fáil loses three seats and Fine Gael drops one