Tipperary County Council · Minutes of Proceedings of Special Meeting of Tipperary County Council held on 16th September 2025 · 16 September 2025
A vote on a counter motion that the council not nominate a candidate for the 2025 presidential election. A Tá vote was against nominating anyone.
Summary written by AI from the minutes. The motion as recorded follows.
Not to nominate a candidate for Presidential Election 2025
Proposed by Cllr. Michael Smith; seconded by Cllr. William Kennedy.
The minutes record: The Meetings Administrator noted the result of the vote at 19 for the Counter Motion – Not to Nominate a Candidate, 20 against the Counter Motion – Not to Nominate a Candidate, with 1 Councillor deemed absent when the vote was called. He declared the Counter Motion ‘Not to nominate a candidate for Presidential Election 2025’ defeated.
| Party | Tá | Níl | Staon | Didn't vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| Fianna Fáil | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fine Gael | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Labour Party | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Workers and Unemployed Action | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
None
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.