§ Mr. SANDYSasked whether the Attorney-General, in conducting a prosecution on 30th April at Dublin with reference to an outrage in county Clare, stated that the scene of the outrage in question was a plague spot on the map of Ireland; and what steps he is taking to restore order in this county?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe answer to the first paragraph of the question is in the affirmative. As I have already stated, there is a large extra force of police in the county and special measures have been, and are being, taken for the prevention of outrages. The task of restoring order to a district which has been disturbed for a century is not an easy one for anybody.
§ Mr. SANDYSasked whether an attempt was made on 27th April to blow up a farmer's house near Nenagh, Tipperary, by means of a bomb; whether threatening notices, signed Captain Moonlight, demanding that John Doheny, the owner of the farm, should surrender some of his land had been nailed up on his premises; and what steps he is taking to prevent these outrages?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe facts are as stated. Two arrests have been made. The police are doing all that is possible to prevent similar occurrences.