§ MR. JOHN O'DONNELL (Mayo. S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether it is the fact that discontent exists amongst the warders at Maryborough Prison owing to the conduct of Chief Warder Murray in insulting and abusing the warders in presence of convicts and on other occasions; and whether, seeing that several warders have complained to the Governor of the Prison about the conduct of this man towards them, he has reported the matter to the General Prison Board; and, if so, what steps have been taken, if any, to prevent the continuation of such conduct on the part of this man.
(Answered by Mr. Wyndham.) It is not a tact that discontent exists among the warders of this prison, or that several warders have complained to the Governor of the conduct of the chief warder. A complaint was preferred by one warder named MacMahon, and as a result of the investigation held he was removed from Maryborough Prison by the Prisons Board, who considered the warder to be unfit for convict service duty. The chief warder performs his duties to the satisfaction of the Board.