HC Deb 19 April 1904 vol 133 cc534-5
MR. WILLIAM REDMOND (Clare, E.)

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he is aware that the police attend and take the names of those meeting in the United Irish League rooms, Corofin, county Clare; and whether he can state by whose sanction the police act in reference to the meetings of an organisation which is not illegal.

MR. WYNDHAM

The police on duty in the vicinity of the building referred to took cognisance of the persons attending the meetings. It is the duty of the police to make notes, mentally or otherwise, of matters of general interest. The terms of instruction to this effect are being modified.

MR. WILLIAM REDMOND

said this action on the part of the police was cal- culated to lead to considerable trouble. † See (4) Debates, cxxxii, 848.

MR. FLAVIN (Kerry, N.)

And it is the practice generally in the South of Ireland, where the police have nothing else to do.