THE IRISH VORTEX.
FATHER O'DONNELL'S ARREST. STRUCK A "LISTENING POST." CLOSELY SHADOWED. (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 21. It is understood that the charges against Father O'Donnell allege that he attended the Sinn Fein Convention in uniform. It is also stated that he dined with actingpresident of the Sinn Fein. Father O'Donnell, in an interview, stated that he visited Dublin to consult a specialist. Subsequently he visited friends and relatives in various parts of and soon discovered that he was being followed. He realised that he had struck a listening post in a Killarney hotel } when he began to talk to a man who professed deafness. He discussed current .affairs, including the strike aiTd Britain's failure to solve ,the Irish problem, and he «hose his subjects in view of the fact that there were listeners in the room. He met more mysterious strangers in Cork who were anxious to converse with him. Father O'Donnell added that when he returned to Dublin the assistantProvost Marshal said he had received a report that he (Father O'Donnell) had used bad and seditious language at Killarney.
Father O'Donnell replied that it was absolutely untrue.
His arrest followed, on a charge of conduct prejudicial to order and discipline.—A. and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 22 October 1919, Page 5
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