§ Mr. O'DOWDasked the Chief Secretary if he can state when the purchase agreements of the tenants on the Tighe estate, situate near Tubbercurry, county Sligo, which were signed by them in June, 1905, will be perfected and the property finally vested in the Estates Commissioners.
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Estates Commissioners inform me that it is expected that the sale of this estate will be completed and the holdings vested in the tenant-purchasers during the course of the next few months.
§ Mr. O'DOWDasked the Chief Secretary whether he can state the result of the inquiry instituted in December last regarding the death of John Stenson, which was caused by the reckless firing of the police on 29th October, 1908?
§ Mr. BIRRELLAs promised in my reply to a question asked by the hon. Member on 26th November last, I have caused confidential inquiries to be made with regard to the statements of the hon. Member as to the conduct of the inquest in this case. As the result of these inquiries I am satisfied that the Coroner gave the next of kin of the deceased every opportunity of producing any evidence he wished to offer, and did not say that there would be a magisterial investigation. As regards the charge of reckless firing I must repeat that the police appear to have behaved with great discretion and to have been completely under control.