The Sinn Fein criminals are still active. In County Clare
on Thursday, January 20th, a police patrol was ambushed near Sixmilebridge ; six policemen were shot dead, two wore severely wounded, and two escaped. The houses of persons suspected of complicity in the crime were afterwards burned. District Inspeotor O'Sullivan, a brave and experienced officer, was murdered that day in the street in Listowel. The same night, in Tipperary, seven police barracks were attacked, but the assailants were beaten off. On Friday, January 21st, an ambush was laid for the police at the Tolka bridge to the north of Dublin. Luckily the ambush was detected, and six of the miscreants were captured after a skirmish ; they were armed with revolvers and bombs. The same day, near Cork, a police sergeant was murdered. On Saturday, January 22nd, twb policemen were assassinated in County Monaghan, and one was left for dead. On Sunday, January 23rd, two police barracks in Tipperary and Donegal were besieged in vain. On Monday last a patrol of soldiers and police was ambushed at New Birmingham, Tipperary ; two soldiers were killed and six of the party were murdered, but the assailants wore driven off. On Tuesday a police patrol was attacked with bombs near the Four Courts, in the centre of Dublin.
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