§ MR. LONSDALE (Armagh, Mid.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he has any information respecting the rioting at Thurles on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday last; what was the cause of the disturbances; and what steps have been taken to punish the ringleaders.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The disturbances in question arose out of an eviction at the instance of the Court of Bankruptcy. Large crowds collected at night, and broke the windows in several houses under cover of the darkness. Forty-one persons were summoned to Thurles petty sessions on 30th May for riotous and disorderly behaviour, and the cases have been adjourned until 13th June. Claims for compensation for malicious injury have also been lodged and while these prosecutions and claims are pending it would be undesirable to enter into the details of the matter.