Christy Burke

Lord Mayor of Dublin

“The ballot box is a wonderful thing. Catalans can do that, the ballot box speaks volumes. I hope Catalonia will go forward in the way that Ireland did and Ireland will be able to help Catalan leaders to make an adequate country possible, a decent and independent country, through self-determination. We certainly understand the position, the views and the feelings of the Catalan people because we know how it is like to be treated as second class citizens.”  28.05.15