§ 74. Mr. VINCENT KENNEDYasked the Chief Secretary whether the police in Cavan have yet any information in reference to the tarring of Lord Farnham's statue in Cavan; why the police formed the opinion that the work was done by drunken rowdies; and is he aware that the Nationalist urban council of Cavan offered a reward of £20 for the discovery of the perpetrators?
§ Mr. BIRRELLI am aware that the urban district council offered a reward as stated in the question, and that this was supplemented by another £20 offered by Lord Farnham. In spite of this reward the police have obtained no further information in the matter. The police, as a result of their inquiries, believe that the outrage was committed by drunken rowdies, and they cannot think that any respectable inhabitant would have been guilty of such an act.