§ MR. WILLIAM REDMONDI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that Messrs. Lynch and McInerney have been summoned to appear at the Ennis Petty Sessions on a charge of intimidation arising out of the question of direct labour by the Clare County Council, and whether, in view of the change recommended in the law (under which these prosecutions have been taken) by the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, he will order these proceedings against 1599 Messrs. Lynch and M'Inerney to be withdrawn.
§ MR. ATKINSONAt the request of my right hon. friend I will reply to this question. The proceedings will not he further prosecuted,