IRELAND—EVICTIONS ON THE SWEENEY ESTATE.

HC Deb 14 April 1890 vol 343 cc454-5

MR. SEXTON (Belfast, W.)

I beg to ask the Attorney General for Ireland, with regard to the abandoned, or postponed, evictions on the Sweeney Estate, in the County of Donegal, whether any communication was recently made on the part of the Irish Government to the landlord of that estate, urging him to proceed with the evictions?

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. MADDEN,) University of Dublin

It is not the fact that any communication has recently been made by the Irish Government urging the landlord of this estate not to proceed with the evictions.

MR. SEXTON

Will the right hon. Gentleman say whether there has been any communication with the landlord urging him not to press on the evictions?

MR. MADDEN

No, Sir.

MR. SEXTON

I will take the first opportunity of showing that there was.