To ask the Minister for Defence if he is aware that a boy named Michael White was arrested by Free State troops on the 21st ult., and is still detained in Tipperary Courthouse, without charge or trial, and if it is his intention to put this boy on trial, or, alternatively, release him; and whether the Minister is prepared to state the reasons for his arrest, as it is well known in the district he has no connection whatsoever with the Irregular forces.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. - CO. TIPPERARY ARREST.
DOMHNALL O MUIRGHEASA
General MULCAHY
Michael White was arrested on the 21st September because of his assisting the Irregulars in their communications work. He was sent to Limerick Prison on the 3rd October, where he signed the usual form of undertaking, and he was released on the 16th October.