§ Mr. MAURICE HEALYasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether two Cork prisoners, T. Barry and P. Higgins, sentenced by court-martial for political offences, have gone on hunger strike; how long this state of things has continued; and whether the Government will now extend to these two men the amnesty which prisoners connected with the rebellion have been permitted to enjoy?
§ Mr. DUKEThe prisoners are taking their meals. They were not prisoners of the rebellion, but were convicted of specific charges against the Defence of the Realm Regulations.