CAPTAIN CRAIGI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that a threatening letter was recently received through the post by Mr. E. Noone, an extensive farmer, who holds a farm under the Congested Districts Board, in the neighbourhood of Claremorris, county Mayo; has the letter been handed to the police; does it contain a threat to shoot at Mr. Noone; and have any arrests been made.
MR. BIRREILThe Answer to the first three parts of the Question is in the affirmative, and the Answer to the concluding inquiry is in the negative.
§ MR. CHARLES CRAIG (Antrim, S.)The practice of arresting people seems to have quite fallen into desuetude in the West of Ireland.