§ MR. O'DOWD (Sligo, S.)I beg to ask Mr. Attorney-General for Ireland 86 whether he has made inquiry into the alleged boycotting of Catholics by Protestants and of Protestants by Catholics in the Riverstown district, Count Sligo; and, if so, whether he will state the result of his inquiries to the House.
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. BIRRELL, Bristol, N.)As a prosecution is pending in reference to the alleged boycotting in the district referred to, it would be against the public interest to make any statement in this House upon the matters which may be in controversy at the trial.