|
|
|
Dáil Éireann - Volume 52 - 24 May, 1934 Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Attacks in Baltinglass and Dublin. The O'Mahony The O'Mahony The O'Mahony asked the Minister for Justice if he will state whether the persons responsible for the attack on a band at Baltinglass and for the damaging of a drum on the night of the 25th April have yet been identified and charged with the offence. The O'Mahony The O'Mahony The O'Mahony asked the Minister for Justice if he will state whether the persons responsible for interfering with the electric light system in Baltinglass and throwing the town into darkness on the night of the 25th April have yet been identified and charged with the offence. General Mulcahy General Mulcahy 1667 [1667] General Mulcahy asked the Minister for Justice if he will state whether the persons responsible for the attack on two girls in O'Connell Street, Dublin, after midday on Sunday, the 29th April, have yet been identified and charged with the offence. General Mulcahy General Mulcahy General Mulcahy asked the Minister for Justice if he will state whether the persons responsible for the attack on a man in O'Connell Street, Dublin, after midday on Sunday, the 29th April, have yet been identified and charged with the offence. Mr. Aiken Mr. Aiken Mr. Aiken: I propose to take questions Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6 together. I have nothing at present to add to the replies which I gave to the questions asked recently by the same Deputies about these matters. General Mulcahy General Mulcahy General Mulcahy: Is the Minister aware with regard to question No. 4 that a very considerable time has passed since this outrage was committed, and that apparently nobody has been traced in connection with it? Does not the Minister think that failure to follow up a case like that is encouragement to the persons who last night in Athy did the very same thing, by throwing a wire across the electric wires, and throwing the whole town of Athy into darkness for several hours? Mr. Aiken Mr. Aiken Mr. Aiken: Any person caught interfering with public property in the form of electric wires will be brought to justice if it is possible to do so. The Deputy must know that it is very difficult for the police to trace the people who commit these and other outrages. The Deputy knows that very well. He knows that one of the most atrocious crimes committed in this country during his Government's time was never traced. General Mulcahy General Mulcahy General Mulcahy: What crime was that? Mr. Aiken Mr. Aiken Mr. Aiken: The crime from which the Deputy benefitted more than anybody else in the country. General Mulcahy General Mulcahy 1668 General Mulcahy: Would the Minister say whether, in regard to that particular crime, the car that carried [1668] the criminals was ten days before that in the possession of a person who is now a member of the Front Bench opposite? The O'Mahony The O'Mahony The O'Mahony: Arising out of the questions standing in my name can the Minister facilitate me in so far as to give me some idea when I might put down the questions again with a view to getting a satisfactory answer? This is considered a very important matter in the district, and I should like some statement from the Minister as to when I might put down the questions again. Mr. Aiken Mr. Aiken Mr. Aiken: I suggest to the Deputy that he might very well leave this matter in the hands of the Minister for Justice and the Civic Guards. General Mulcahy General Mulcahy General Mulcahy: For how many months? Mr. Aiken Mr. Aiken Mr. Aiken: For whatever length of time it takes them to carry out their job successfully. It may be that they will be unable to trace the persons responsible for this particular outrage. General Mulcahy General Mulcahy General Mulcahy: Is the Minister not aware, with regard to the damaging of the drum in Baltinglass and the attack on a band there on the 25th April, that the attack took place in the presence of members of the Gárda Síochána? Mr. Aiken Mr. Aiken Mr. Aiken: It might very well be that the members of the Gárda Síochána were unable to identify the people who were responsible. The O'Mahony The O'Mahony The O'Mahony: Might I ask the Minister is it a fact that the man who did the damage to the drum is known? Mr. Aiken Mr. Aiken Mr. Aiken: In connection with two of those questions Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6, the people who were hurt will not help the Civic Guards to trace the people responsible. Dáil Éireann 52 Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. Attacks in Baltinglass and Dublin. Questions 19340524
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
