Cuba in Ireland

Delegation led by Irish Senator Chris Andrews continues visit to Cuba.

Dublin, October 24, 2026. Yesterday, a delegation visiting Cuba—led by Senator Chris Andrews and including Jonathan Smith and his son, Aaron Smith, members of the Cuba Solidarity Movement in Ireland—carried out an extensive agenda in Havana. This included visits to the National Assembly of People's Power, the "Hermanos Amejeiras" Hospital, and the headquarters of the "Quisicuaba" project.

PRESS RELEASE " The Cork Council of Trade Unions on Cuban draft resolution against blocakade.

22 November 2026

PRESS RELEASE

" The Cork Council of Trade Unions calls on the Irish Government to support a motion from Cuba to the General Assembly of the United Nations, on 27th and 28th October, against the illegal US blockade of Cuba.

Ireland has, like virtually every other country in the UN supported this now annual motion, however this year it is more important than ever that the motion is overwhelmingly carried.

Cuban resident in Ireland denounces energy blockade and sanctions against Cuba.

Dublin, September 23, 2026.  In front of the Irish Parliament,  Magaly Egurrola Hernández—a Cuban resident in Ireland—denounced the intensification of the blockade against Cuba and the energy blockade imposed on the island since last January.

Reflecting on Cuba's history, Magaly noted that her country was subjugated first by the Spanish and later by the Yankee empires. She added that it would never again be a colony of any empire, would never bow down, and would defend the homeland to the very end.

The Northern Ireland Assembly member and National Coordinator of the Sinn Féin party urges the U.S. government to end its blockade against Cuba.

The US administration must end its blockade on Cuba – Kearney

16 September 2026

Declan Kearney MLA has called on the US administration to end its blockade on Cuba. Essential services are being decimated and the Cuban people are being collectively punished.

Speaking in the Assembly the Sinn Féin National Chairperson said:

“The nearly seven decades-long US blockade of Cuba is a collective punishment of the Cuban people.

“It is a silent genocide that is morally wrong and politically indefensible.

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