HC Deb 18 April 1921 vol 140 c1518
30. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHY

asked the Prime Minister if he has received a further letter, dated 11th April, 1921, from Mrs. O'Callaghan, widow of the murdered ex-mayor of Limerick, denying that she is in any way terrorised by the Irish republican army, and resenting the insinuation that her husband was murdered by members of it; if he is aware that Joseph O'Donoghue, an active member of the Irish republican army, was also murdered on the same night as the mayor and ex-mayor; that a soldier who was on duty as sentry on the night of the murder gave evidence at the original inquiry that three men passed him unchallenged after curfew; that he heard shots from the direction towards which they had gone; that he heard the men returning; and that no effort was made to stop or search these men by the military and police in charge of the city; and will he now reconsider his decision not to set up a tribunal consisting of others than the persons in charge of the Crown forces?

The PRIME MINISTER

The answer to the first and second parts of the question is in the affirmative. With regard to the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth parts, I have at present no information, but inquiries are being made; and, in regard to the last part, I can add nothing to the very full replies which I gave on the 7th April in answer to questions upon this subject.