IN MULLINGAR

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 4575, 28 April 1922, Page 2

IN MULLINGAR

FIGHTING BREAKS OUT. ( WITH RIFLES AND MACHINE GUNS. (By Electric CaW—Copyright.) Aust and N.Z* Cable Association (Received April 28, 0 a.in.) London, April 27. A conflict between regulars and irregulars broke out in Mullingar today. Both sides used rifles and machine guns, and firing lasted two hours. Two of the fighters were killed and several wounded. it is alleged that the Free Staters launched the attack. The populace is panic-stricken and the shops ary closed. DAI L EIREANN PRESIDENT GRIFFITHS DENOUNCES OPPONENTS. SOUTHERN ELECTIONS IN JUNE London, April 26. At a full attendance of Dail Eireaiin, President Griffiths complained of the obstructive tactics of the opponents of the Treaty, instancing the suppression of Freeman’s Journal, the position of Ulster had been aggravated by Treaty obstructionists, who sought to impose a boycott after the pact was made, the result being more massacres of Catholics. The elections in Southern Ireland would be held in June, and the right of freedom of speech would be upheld. Air Alulcaliy denounced the mutineers in vigorous terms, and Retailed their outrages, including raids on 331 past offices. He said many prominent firms were closing their offices temporarily. BISHOPS. SUPPORT THE TREATY. London, April 26. A meeting of the Irish Bishops, held at Alayno'oth, lias issued a statement urging acceptance of the Treaty, denouncing resort to violence and a ppealing for ’"non-interference with tne elections. OFFICER MURDERED. London, April 26. Commandant O’Neill, of the third Cork Brigade of the Republican Army, was shot dead without warning, when accompanying other officers on a duty call to Air Hornibrook, a farmer, near Bnndon, with the news that a member of his family had been assassinated.