§ MR. LONSDALE (Armagh, Mid.)To ask the Chief-Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he has received particulars of two incendiary fires in the neighbourhood of Kilrush on Saturday morning last; and whether any arrests have been made in connection with these occurrences.
(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The police authorities inform me that on the night of the 20th November twenty-three tons of hay and some oats, the property of Patrick Fitzpatrick, were burnt. In the same neighbourhood, and at about the same time, some hay, the property of Margaret Molony, was also burnt. A claim for compensation has been lodged in the former case, and it cannot t this stage be said whether either of the fires was or was not the work of an incendiary. The police are investigating the cases. No arrests have been made.