§ MR. O'SHAUGHNESSY (Limerick, W.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that two policemen, stationed at Abbeyfeale, in the county of Limerick, have taken two houses in the town from which the former tenants were evicted, and that this action on the part of the police in interfering in a dispute between the landlord and his tenants will create disturbance in the district; and whether, in the circumstances, he will take such steps as will cause the police to surrender these houses.
§ (Answered by Mr. Bryce.) I am informed by the police authorities that a police sergeant, who was recently transferred to Abbeyfeale, has taken a house in the village from which, more than two years ago, a tenant, since deceased, was ejected for non-payment of rent. The house has since remained vacant. Three other policemen occupy houses belonging to the same landlord; but in none of these cases had the previous tenant been evicted. I am informed 995 that no dispute between the landlord and his tenants has arisen in connection with the particular ejectment referred to; but in any case the matter would not appear to be one for any interference on the part of the Government.