§ Mr. T. P O'CONNOR (by Private Notice)asked the Attorney-General for Ireland by whose authority a number of soldiers in military motor lorries, armed with rifles and with fixed bayonets, and accompanied by a machine-gun and an armoured car, took possession of the thoroughfares leading to the Mansion House, Dublin, on the afternoon of Friday, 9th May; whether, in addition, a body of police entered the Mansion House on the allegation that they were searching for certain persons who they suspected would be there and for whom a warrant had been issued; and a volley was fired over the heads of a large crowd in the vicinity of the Mansion House?
§ Mr. SAMUELSI only received notice of this question at a quarter past one o'clock. I have no information to enable me to answer the hon. Member's questions properly. I immediately communicated by telegraph, but have not received a reply as yet.
§ Mr. O'CONNORI will repeat the question to-morrow.