§ MR. W. ABRAHAM (Cork Co., N.E.)On behalf of the hon. Member for South Galway, I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called to the action of the police in Gort, on Sunday the 29th ultimo, who prevented the band of the Gort Hurling Club playing, and seized some of the band instruments; is he aware that the police used their batons, and was any person injured more or less; and will the Head Constable, under whose orders the police appear to have acted, be directed to restore the band instruments, and not interfere with the playing of bands on the occasion of some hurling matches about to take place in Gort?
MR. J. MORLEYThere is one inaccuracy in the question. The police did not use their batons, and therefore nobody was struck. I have given directions for the instruments taken from the band to be restored to them, and as I am not satisfied with the conduct of the officer on this occasion, I have directed that further and full inquiry shall be made.