MR. DANE (Fermanagh), N.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that on 12th July a horse belonging to Martin O'Hara, who lives near Portumna, County Galway, was maliciously injured by having its tongue cut out, the only reason for this outrage 1198 being that the animal was grazing on an evicted farm; whether he is aware that, on the same date and in the same locality, a horse belonging to a tenant named Johnson, who occupies an evicted farm, was also maliciously injured by being stabbed in the belly; and what action has been taken by the police to trace the perpetrators of these outrages?
§ MR. J. MORLEYI am sorry to say the facts are as stated in the question. Both cases have been closely investigated by the Constabulary, and every effort is being made to trace the perpetrators.