§ Mr. LONSDALEasked what was the number of cases of cattle-driving reported to the constabulary in each of the years 1907, 1908, and 1909?
§ Mr. BIRRELLIn 1907 there were 390 cases; in 1908, 681; and last year, 200.
Captain CRAIG (for Mr. Charles Craig)asked the Chief Secretary whether his attention had been called to a cattle-drive at Ballynort, in the Ballysteen district, near Askeaton, when 150 head of cattle were driven off the lands; and whether extra police were to be drafted into the district as a result of lawlessness; and, if so what will be the cost to the ratepayers of the locality for the extra police?
§ Mr. BIRRELLI understand that on the night of the 7th inst. seventy-one cattle and seventy-three sheep and lambs were driven off Ballynort farm on to the adjoining lands, and were driven back the next morning by the owners. No extra police are being drafted into the district in connection with this occurrence. It is an isolated case of lawlessness, and I am informed by the responsible police authorities that the state of county Limerick is at present most satisfactory.