Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Regarding some of the remarks passed earlier, I too, like many others, was deeply upset by the violence we saw in Catalonia on our television screens. However, I will raise one point by way of observation: it is strange that in this House and this country, there should be such active support for the right of a north-eastern portion of any country, which is more prosperous than the rest of that country, to secede. I will just make the point that there is a particular irony in that, especially when the Sinn Féin Party gets active about the right of people from a north-eastern corner to secede from their country-----