HC Deb 30 May 1881 vol 261 c1648
MR. O'SULLIVAN

asked Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, If it is true that the Governor of the County Limerick Prison refused to allow Mr. Hodnett (a prisoner confined therein) to see some friends on Thursday last; and if the said Governor refused to inform those friends of Mr. Hodnett why it was that he did not in this instance comply with the rules of the prison?

MR. HEALY

also asked Mr. Attorney General for Ireland, Whether it is true that on Ascension Thursday (a Catholic holiday) Mr. Hodnett, a political prisoner in Limerick Gaol, was deprived of the privilege of associating with other prisoners as a punishment for hurrying from his cell into chapel, a distance of twenty yards?

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. LAW)

I am informed by the General Prisons Board that Mr. Joyce, their district Inspector, has been directed to inquire into this matter, and the Prisons Board expect to have his Report on the entire case this morning. If the hon. Members will repeat their Questions in a day or two, I hope to be in a position to answer them.