Cork City Council · Ordinary Meeting of Cork City Council · 8 June 2026
A vote on a motion that the council write to the Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, formally inviting him to Cork in recognition of his condemnation of US President Donald Trump over what the motion calls repeated breaches of international law.
Summary written by AI from the minutes. The motion as recorded follows.
That Cork City Council write to the Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez to formally invite him to Cork in recognition of the fact that he is the only leader of a large European Union country who has had the courage to call out and condemn United States President Donald Trump for his repeated breaches of international law and the rules based international order; breaches that have led to the deaths of countless innocent civilians and major disruptions to the world economy and which have fatally undermined the moral authority of the western democracies.
Proposed by A. Deasy; seconded by P. Dineen.
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 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Fine Gael | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sinn Féin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Independent | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Green Party | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour Party | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent Ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| People Before Profit-Solidarity | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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.