Wicklow County Council · Ordinary Meeting (Hybrid) of Wicklow County Council · 9 June 2025
A vote on adopting the council's flag policy, with an added line requiring new requests for flags to be brought to the full council for approval. The Pride flag for June and the Palestinian flag, which is reviewed monthly, stay as they are and fall outside the policy.
Summary written by AI from the minutes. The motion as recorded follows.
to consider and adopt the Wicklow County Council Flag Policy with the addition of the line ‘and brought to full Council for approval’ at the end of paragraph 11 policy review which will only apply in relation to new requests for flags. The current flags, Pride flag for the month of June and the Palestinian flag to be reviewed monthly, remain as they are and are outside this policy
Proposed by Cllr. P. O’Brien; seconded by Cllr. M. Corrigan.
The minutes record: following a roll call was passed by a margin of 25 votes for, 2 against, 4 not present and 1 abstained
| Party | Tá | Níl | Staon | Didn't vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Fine Gael | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fianna Fáil | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Social Democrats | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Green Party | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Independent Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Labour Party | 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.