Aontú
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thumb|Aontú's 2024 Ardfheis in County Kildare Aontú (; "Unity") is a conservative Irish republican political party active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It has been led by Peadar Tóibín since its foundation in January 2019. The party holds socially conservative positions, with a significant policy being opposition to abortion, and is left-wing on economic issues. Political observers have variously characterised Aontú as centre-left, right-wing, or populist.
Key facts
- Political party.name
- Aontú
- Political party.logo
- Aontú logo.png
- Political party.logo_size
- 230px
- Political party.leader1_title
- Leader
- Political party.leader1_name
- Peadar Tóibín
- Political party.leader2_title
- Deputy leader
- Political party.leader2_name
- Gemma Brolly
- Political party.slogan
- ''''
- Political party.split
- Sinn Féin
- Political party.membership
- 2,000
- Political party.membership_year
- 2024
- Political party.headquarters
- 8 Market Square, Navan, County Meath
- Political party.youth_wing
- Ógra Aontú
- Political party.seats1_title
- Dáil Éireann
- Political party.seats2_title
- Seanad Éireann
- Political party.seats3_title
- Local government in the Republic of Ireland
- Political party.country
- the Republic of Ireland
- Political party.country2
- Northern Ireland
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- aontu.ie
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- inception
- 2019-01-28
- short name
- Aon
- sRGB color hex triplet
- 44532A
- social media followers
- 3721
- Commons category
- Aontú
- number of seats in assembly
- 0
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Article
27 sectionsContents
- History
- Ideology and positions
- Social policies and civil rights
- Abortion
- LGBT+ rights
- Religion
- Immigration and asylum policy
- European policy
- Foreign policy and defence
- Israel and Palestine
- Economics
- Irish republicanism
- Ógra Aontú
- Representatives
- Leadership
- Party leader
- Deputy leader
- Election results
- Dáil Éireann
- Seanad Éireann
- Northern Ireland Assembly
- Westminster elections
- Local elections
- European Parliament
- Footnotes
- References
- External links
thumb|Aontú's 2024 Ardfheis in County Kildare Aontú (; "Unity") is a conservative Irish republican political party active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It has been led by Peadar Tóibín since its foundation in January 2019. The party holds socially conservative positions, with a significant policy being opposition to abortion, and is left-wing on economic issues. Political observers have variously characterised Aontú as centre-left, right-wing, or populist.
==History== The party was founded by Peadar Tóibín, a TD who resigned from Sinn Féin on 15 November 2018 due to his anti-abortion views after opposing the party whip on the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018. Tóibín began canvassing elected representatives, securing support within a week from two local councillors in the Republic. Tóibín held meetings across the island of Ireland addressing interested potential members. The first Northern Ireland local councillor declared on 7 January 2019. eight councillors had joined. A second councillor in Northern Ireland joined on 26 February 2019.