§ MR. KENDAL O'BRIEN (Tipperary, Mid.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state on what authority the police blocked the road between Barna and Barnane, in the county of Tipperary, on Sunday 26th January, and endeavoured to prevent the people who attended a meeting at Barna from passing along the public road; and, is he aware that on this occasion the police drew their batons and used them on the people end struck the horses under the cars.
At the same time may I ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will state on what authority the police prevented the people of Drom and Templemore from walking on the public road leading from Drom to Templemore on the 21st January last, when they were accompanying a member of the United Irish League home on his return from addressing a meeting at Drom under the auspices of the United Irish League.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe action of the police on this occasion, as also on the 21st January, to which reference is made in the next question of the hon. Member, will, no doubt, be fully investigated before the magistrates at the hearing of charges for riot and unlawful assembly, arising out of both events, which will be brought before them at Templemore Petty Sessions on Wednesday next. Under the circumstances I am debarred from discussing the matter further.