asked the Minister for Home Affairs whether he is aware of numerous cases of reported outrages during curfew hours upon the persons and property of the members of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union in the area of the Waterford farm labour dispute, including the burning, about August 20th, of the furniture of J. Meyler, Secretary to the Knocklong Branch of the I.T.G.W.U., and the assaulting of J. Meyler and John O'Neill, and, if so, whether any arrests have been made in connection with those outrages, and to ask whether any steps have been taken to meet this form of crime.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. [ORAL ANSWERS.] - REPORTED OUTRAGES IN WATERFORD.
Mr. O'HIGGINS
Full inquiry has been made into the outrages committed during the Waterford farm dispute, upon the person and property of the members of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union named in the question. These outrages were committed during curfew hours, and only the persons concerned could be in a position to supply details. Except in the case of the raids on the houses of Bridget Power, M. Ryan and T. Hardy, the outrages were not reported to the Garda Siochana. In no case was the injured party able to give information which would lead to the identification of the raiders. Every possible step has been taken to apprehend the guilty parties in these outrages, as well as in the much more numerous outrages on the persons and property of farmers; but it has up to the present been found impossible to obtain the necessary evidence on which they could be traced and brought to justice.