IRISH AFFAIRS.
HEIR ARCH Y'S EDICT. < ecclesiastical anarchy POSSIBLE. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] LONDON, October 11. * 1 The Dublin Press emphasises the f gravity of the Hierarchy's pronouncement, in view of the expiration on the j 14th of the amnesty, offered by the I Government. j “Freeman's Journal’’ says defiance j of the verdict given by the highest j Irish ecclesiastical court will mean the [ repudiation of the fundamental docj trine of the Catholic Church, and must j lead to ecclesiastical anarchy, more disj astrons than the. present civil amirchv. PRISONERS ESCAPE.
LONDON, October JL I Twenty-live Irregular prisoners at the Courthouse, at Kantury, County Cork, overpowered their guard and seired rilles and ammunition. They then escaped. National forces are now actively searching for them. I ULSTER PARLIAMENT. I LONDON, October 10. The autumn session of the I'lster Parliament has opened. JSir F. Craig said that Parliament had now met under more satisfactory conditions than on any occasion since self-governmenr was obtained. Ulster would not go under a Dublin Parliament so long as he held oilice. No man in his senses would suggest any other course than the voting of ■ Ulster out of the Free State when the .time came. MOUNTJOY PRISON. THE BECENT AFFRAY. DUBLIN, October 11. In the Provisional Parliament, replying to questions in regard to an out break at Mountjoy Prison, the President said that the official report showed three guards were dead, two were wounded, and one prisoner was dead and two wounded. Two land mines were found in the cells, indicating cooperation from outside. lie promised to enquire into the matter, ana see what precautions were taken in future.
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Grey River Argus, 13 October 1922, Page 5
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