§ MR. DELANYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that a man named Carroll was arrested at Summergrove, Mountmellick, on a charge of drunkenness, on the night of the 17th March, was handcuffed, and so treated by the police that, when brought to the police barrack at Mountmellick, he was suffering from such injuries that the sergeant-in-charge requisitioned the services of a surgeon, who ordered Carroll's removal to the Mountmellick workhouse hospital, where he lies in a critical condition; and whether he will give the names of the police constables who arrested Carroll, and say what steps he proposes taking in the matter.
§ MR. WALTER LONGInquiries are being made in this matter, but they cannot be completed until the injured man's discharge from hospital in a few days. Carroll was arrested by Constables Michael Cryan and Dominick Masterton.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLAre the constables meantime suspended from duty?
§ MR. WALTER LONGNo, Sir.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLThey ought to be.