HC Deb 16 July 1908 vol 192 cc1100-1
MR. O'DOWD

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that Catherine Cogan, of Riverstown, County Sligo, has repudiated all knowledge of boycotting and intimidation having been directed against her; and, if so, will he say whether this was one of the reported cases used as a justification for having extra police drafted into a peaceable district.

MR. BIRRELL

I am informed by the police authorities that Mrs. Cogan's name has never appeared on the list of persons who are subject to boycotting and intimidation. The case, therefore, has had no bearing upon the appointment of additional police to County Sligo.

MR. O'DOWD

Arising out of the reply, may I ask the right hon. Gentleman whether it is a fact that in May last a meeting was held in an out-of-the-way Mayo village, between the Vice-President of the Local Government Board and the representative of the Landowners' Association, and whether it was in consequence of this meeting that the county was proclaimed?

MR. BIERBLL

said he had no knowledge of such a meeting.