Cork City Council · Ordinary Meeting of Cork City Council · 8 September 2025
A vote on a motion supporting the call by former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar for a New Ireland Forum to plan for Irish unity.
Summary written by AI from the minutes. The motion as recorded follows.
That Cork City Council supports the call by former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar for the establishment of a New Ireland Forum to plan the journey to Irish unity by exploring what a proposal on Irish unity would look like and by studying how best to merge the two existing jurisdictions into a united Ireland.
Proposed by A. Deasy; seconded by T. Tynan.
The minutes record: As those voting in favour of the motion were greater than those voting against, An tArdmhéara declared the vote carried, and the motion approved.
| Party | Tá | Níl | Staon | Didn't vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fine Gael | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sinn Féin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Green Party | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Labour Party | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| People Before Profit-Solidarity | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Social Democrats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tá, Níl and Staon are the minutes’ for, against and abstained. “Didn’t vote” covers councillors on the council that day whom the minutes don’t list under any option, for any reason. Parties are as of the meeting day.