§ Mr. SHEEHANasked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that Mr. John Murray, recently appointed as teacher in the Blarney national school, of which Canon Higgins, P.P., is manager, lodges in the licensed premises of a Mrs. Smith; and whether it is in accordance with the regulations of the Commissioners of National Education that a teacher should take up his residence, even temporarily, in a public-house?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Commissioners of National Education inform me that 49W nothing is known officially as to Mr. Murray's residence in a public-house, but inquiry is being made.