MR. O'BRIENasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether buckshot ammunition has been supplied to a man named Michael Fitzgerald by Constable Egan, of Longhill station, county Limerick, at the public expense; and, whether licences for fowling pieces to protect their crops are refused to the surrounding farmers?
§ MR. TREVELYANI am informed that there is no foundation for the statements made in this Question.
MR. O'BRIENasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to state the result of his inquiries respecting the statement that policemen were employed in ploughing an evicted farm on the estate of Mr. Desmond Fitzgerald at Tullyglass, county Limerick, and whether such employment has his sanction?
§ MR. TREVELYANI am informed that no policemen have been employed in this case. Perhaps the hon. Member has definite information that he would give me?