To ask the Minister for Defence whether the statement is true that a Miss Coyle, a young woman, is a prisoner in the Rock Barracks, Ballyshannon; that she has been in custody for eight weeks, during which time she has not been allowed to see any one of her own sex; whether there are any women warders or attendants in the prison where she is detained; whether Miss Coyle is at present ill, and, if these statements are well founded, will the Minister consider the proposal that this prisoner should be removed to some place where there are other women either as prisoners or as prison attendants.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. - YOUNG WOMAN PRISONER.
SEAN O LAIDHIN
Miss Coyle has been a prisoner in Rock Barracks from the 23rd September to the 16th instant. During that time she was not in charge of a woman warder or attendant. In consequence of her hunger strike from the 11th to the 16th instant she was removed to the Military Hospital, Buncrana, where she is now in charge of a female attendant.
SEAN O LAIDHIN
Are you in a position to state when it is your intention to get this young lady tried, or to release her?
I am not able to state that at the moment.