§ MR. O'KELLYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether it is true that a disturbance took place on Sunday 1st March 1885, in a public house kept by a man named Donohoe, in Thomas Street, Dysart, county Roscommon; whether some of the parties engaged in the disturbance have been sentenced to imprisonment; and, whether the police have prosecuted the keeper of the public house for selling drink on Sunday; and, if not, what is the reason of the failure to enforce the Law?
§ MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANAn assault was committed on the 8th of March at this public-house on a man who was in the habit of calling there for his letters, and the assailant has been sent to prison for a month; but the police are not aware of any breach of the Licensing Act having taken place?
§ MR. O'KELLYDid not the assault take place on a Sunday morning?
§ MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANYes; on Sunday, 8th March.
§ MR. T. P. O'CONNORDo I understand the Chief Secretary to say that the assault took place on a Sunday morning? If the public house was open for the sale of drink on Sunday, was not that a breach of the Licensing Act?
§ MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANI am not aware that any breach of the Licensing Act occurred.
§ MR. O'KELLYWill the police undertake to make an inquiry?
§ MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANThey have fully inquired into it, and the man has been prosecuted and sent to prison.
§ MR. O'KELLYFor selling the whisky?
§ [No reply.]