§ MR. T. J. HEALYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that, at the fair held in the town of Gorey on the 2nd instant, ten policemen in plain clothes were guarding the planters who have taken the evicted farms in Coolgreany; why the police were guarding these men; and what was the cost of the extra police required for this duty?
§ MR. JACKSONThe Constabulary authorities report that it is the case that policemen in plain clothes were on duty at the fair mentioned, but it is not the case that they were watching the tenant farmers referred to. There was no extra cost involved by the duty beyond the subsistence allowance and travelling expenses, amounting in all to the sum of £1 16s.
§ MR. T. J. HEALYWill the right hon. Gentleman say what was the necessity for guarding these men?
§ MR. JACKSONNo, Sir, I cannot say that.
§ MR. T. J. HEALYAre we to understand that these men were boycotted?
§ MR. JACKSONThe hon. Member must understand nothing but what I have said.