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Dáil Éireann - Volume 53 - 19 July, 1934 Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Disorder in County Wexford and County Limerick. Risteárd Ua Maolchatha Risteárd Ua Maolchatha Risteárd Ua Maolchatha asked the Minister for Justice if he will state whether he has received a report that on the night of the 30th June/1st July the League of Youth Hall at Bridgetown, County Wexford, was forcibly entered and tables, chairs, a billiard table and other contents of the hall destroyed; the doors and the roof damaged, and an attempt made completely to destroy the hall; and if he will state whether the persons guilty of this outrage have been identified and charged. Risteárd Ua Maolchatha Risteárd Ua Maolchatha Risteárd Ua Maolchatha asked the Minister for Justice if he will state whether he has received a report that on the night of the 2nd April last, a number of persons attending a dance in Abbeyfeale, County Limerick, were attacked in the main street by a mob of men and boys, armed with pieces of iron, clubs wrapped with barbed wire and at least one reaping hook, and that several persons were seriously injured; and if he will state whether the persons guilty of this outrage have been identified and charged. Minister for Justice (Mr. Ruttledge) Minister for Justice (Mr. Ruttledge) 1761 [1761] Minister for Justice (Mr. Ruttledge): I propose to take Questions Nos. 5 and 6 together. The incidents referred to in these questions are at present the subject of police inquiries and may result in court proceedings. In these circumstances I do not think it would be proper for me to make any statement at this stage. General Mulcahy General Mulcahy General Mulcahy: Will the Minister say, arising out of his reply to question No. 6, how it is that on the 19th day of July a matter which took place on the 2nd April is still under inquiry, although information in respect of that matter was given to the Guards immediately after the 2nd April. Mr. Ruttledge Mr. Ruttledge Mr. Ruttledge: Enquiries have not been completed as yet in any case. General Mulcahy General Mulcahy General Mulcahy: Will the Minister say what are the aspects of the occurrence in Abbeyfeale which make it impossible for the Guards to have completed their inquiries inside more than three months after the occurrence in view of the fact that definite information was given to the Guards after the occurrence on 2nd April as to who were, some, at any rate, of the persons who were implicated in the matter? Mr. Ruttledge Mr. Ruttledge Mr. Ruttledge: I do not propose to discuss it at this stage. General Mulcahy General Mulcahy General Mulcahy: Can the Minister say when he expects that those inquiries will be completed? Mr. Ruttledge Mr. Ruttledge Mr. Ruttledge: I cannot say definitely. Mr. Keating Mr. Keating Mr. Keating: Is it possible that nothing can be done to find the blackguards who burned the Hibernian Hall at Bridgetown? An Ceann Comhairle Frank Fahy An Ceann Comhairle: That is a separate question. Mr. Keating Mr. Keating Mr. Keating: It is a separate job too. General Mulcahy General Mulcahy General Mulcahy: It is Question No. 5. An Ceann Comhairle Frank Fahy An Ceann Comhairle: The Deputy is quite right. Dáil Éireann 53 Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. Disorder in County Wexford and County Limerick. Questions 19340719
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