▁MP s ▁in ▁Parliament . ▁ ▁One ▁incident ▁was ▁the ▁' Port ob ello ▁kill ings '. ▁On ▁T ues day ▁ 2 5 ▁April , ▁Dublin er ▁Francis ▁She e hy - S ke ff ington , ▁a ▁pac if ist ▁national ist ▁activ ist , ▁had ▁been ▁arrested ▁by ▁British ▁soldiers . ▁Captain ▁John ▁Bow en - Col thur st ▁then ▁took ▁him ▁with ▁a ▁British ▁ra iding ▁party ▁as ▁a ▁host age ▁and ▁human ▁shield . ▁On ▁R ath min es ▁Road ▁he ▁stopped ▁a ▁boy ▁named ▁James ▁Co ade , ▁whom ▁he ▁shot ▁dead . ▁His ▁troops ▁then ▁destroyed ▁a ▁to b ac con ist ' s ▁shop ▁with ▁gr en ades ▁and ▁seized ▁journal ists ▁Thomas ▁Dick son ▁and ▁Patrick ▁Mac Int y re . ▁The ▁next ▁morning , ▁Col thur st ▁had ▁S ke ff ington ▁and ▁the ▁two ▁journal ists ▁shot ▁by ▁firing ▁squad ▁in ▁Port ob ello ▁Bar ra cks . ▁The ▁bodies ▁were ▁then ▁buried ▁there . ▁Later ▁that ▁day ▁he ▁shot ▁a ▁Labour ▁Party ▁coun c ill or , ▁Richard ▁O ' Car roll . ▁When ▁Major ▁Sir ▁Francis ▁V ane ▁learned ▁of ▁the ▁kill ings ▁he ▁tele phon ed ▁his ▁super iors ▁in ▁Dublin ▁Castle , ▁but ▁no ▁action ▁was ▁taken . ▁V ane ▁informed ▁Herbert ▁K itch ener , ▁who ▁told ▁General ▁Max well ▁to ▁arrest ▁Col thur st , ▁but ▁Max well ▁refused . ▁Col thur st ▁was ▁eventually ▁arrested ▁and ▁court - mart ial led ▁in ▁June . ▁He