HC Deb 07 March 1892 vol 2 cc160-1
MR. P. J. O'BRIEN (Tipperary, N.)

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the remarks of the Right Hon. Mr. Justice Holmes, in addressing the Grand Jury of the North Riding of the County of Tipperary at the opening of the recent Spring Assizes at Nenagh, where the learned Judge said— I am glad to be able to inform you that there has been no crime of any importance in this Riding since last I had the pleasure of addressing you as Judge of the Winter Assizes"; if he will now consider whether it is possible to withdraw the 24 extra police now maintained at the cost of the ratepayers; and whether he can state what is the amount charged for this extra force?

MR. MADDEN

I am happy to say that it is the case that Mr. Justice Holmes felt himself able, in common with many of the other Judges at the opening of the present Spring Assizes in Ireland, to call attention to the peaceable condition of the country. No extra police force has been chargeable to the North Riding of the County Tipperary for upwards of a year.