HC Deb 01 March 1922 vol 151 cc400-1W
Mr. LYNN

asked the Prime Minister whether members of the Irish Republican Army who were arrested at Dromore, county Tyrone, have been released recently from Londonderry gaol; whether they were released without, the consent or approval of the Government of Northern Ireland; and on whose instructions and under what authority the prisoners were released?

Mr. CHURCHILL

The Attorney-General for Northern Ireland having informed the Crown Solicitor for the County of Tyrone that it was not intended to prosecute these prisoners, and the said prisoners refusing to apply for bail in the ordinary course, the Lord Lieutenant was pleased to direct their release.