HC Deb 13 March 1890 vol 342 c703
MR. MACNEILL

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether it is the fact that 40 evictions on the estate of Mr. Stewart, and six evictions on the M'Sweeney Estate, in Cloughanedy, Gweedore, and Falcarragh, in the County of Donegal, are to be carried out on or before next Friday, 14th March; and whether, having regard to the fact that negotiations for a settlement are actually pending between the solicitor for the estate and Father M'Fadden, and that the tenants have offered to pay rent for a year and a-half on having a clear discharge of all arrears up to November, 1889, their extreme poverty, and the prevalence of a severe form of influenza in the district, the forces of the Crown will be employed in the execution of these evictions?

* MR. MADDEN

As far as can be ascertained it is not the casa that the evictions referred to in the question will be carried out before the end of the week.