HC Deb 05 February 1900 vol 78 cc588-9
MR. SWIFT MACNEILL

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that, on Monday last, Mr. Hardman, D.L., the High Sheriff of the County Donegal, with a posse of the Royal Irish Constabulary under District Inspector Dagg, turned out of the county court house at Lifford a contractor and his workmen who were employed in making some alterations in that building according to the directions of the county council; and by whose directions were the Royal Irish Constabulary employed for this purpose.

MR. ATKINSON (for Mr. G. W. BALFOUR)

The facts in reference to this matter have not yet been fully ascertained, and I must ask the hon. Member to defer the question until Thursday next.