Captain CRAIGasked the Chief Secretary if his attention has been drawn to remarks made by Mr. M. J. Nolan, J.P., in the Petty Sessions court at Listowel, county Kerry, on the 12th instant, to the effect that the police in Listowel should not enforce the provisions of the Licensing Acts as to Sunday trading by publicans; and whether, in view of the difficulty the police in Ireland already experience in obtaining convictions against publicans who persistently break the law, any steps will be taken to deal with Mr. Nolan?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Lord Chancellor informs me that the observations made by Mr. Nolan on the occasion referred to are of too trivial a character to call for any action on his part.