§ MR. KENDAL O'BRIENTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state whether District Inspector O'Brien Thurles has issued any 58 special instructions to the constables under his charge with regard to espionage and raids on the Hotel Munster, Thurles: was a licensing prosecution instituted at any time against the proprietor, Mr. P. M'Bride; and, if so, with what result.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Inspector-General informs me that he has ascertained from District Inspector O'Brien that that officer has not issued any special instructions to the police under his charge in reference to the hotel mentioned. A prosecution for a breach of the licensing laws was instituted against the proprietor of the hotel by the district inspector on 21st October, 1905. That case was dismissed by the magistrates, but the chairman remarked that it was a very proper case for investigation.