Cork City Council · Ordinary Meeting of Cork City Council · 12 January 2026
A vote on a motion that the council write to the Taoiseach and the Minister for Foreign Affairs calling on the Government to strongly condemn the Trump administration's recent military operation in Venezuela, which the motion says violated basic principles of international law.
Summary written by AI from the minutes. The motion as recorded follows.
That Cork City Council write to An Taoiseach Micheál Martin and the Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee calling on them and the Irish government to strongly condemn the Trump administration’s recent military operation in Venezuela, which resulted in the deaths of numerous people and the capture of Venezuela’s sitting President, Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores on the basis that said military operation constituted a clear violation of the basic principles of international law, in particular the prohibition of the use of force against the territorial integrity and political independence of nation states pursuant to Article 2.4 of the United Nations Charter.
Proposed by D. Boylan; seconded by A. Deasy.
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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sinn Féin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Green Party | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Labour Party | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent Ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| People Before Profit-Solidarity | 1 | 0 | 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.