The Dublin county council has always been a moderate body. Now it has a Sinn Fein majority, has pronounced for Dail Eireann and elected as chairman a young professor of mathematics. At Sligo, the chairman, a Sinn Fein M.P., announced that all their actions would be guided towards the most effective means of clearing Britain out of Ireland. This council, like most of the councils, has made Irish language compulsory on all candidates for office under the council. The councils have refused to send minutes of their proceedings to the local government board, and will also refuse all information to the income tax department. None of the councils would make any provision for the payment of the compensation for outrage awarded against the localities by the courts. At Roscommon, it was decided to stop the salary of the sheriff to punish him for allowing military to occupy the courthouse. In many places, the Republican flag was floated over the council hall, and in some instances was then removed by the soldiers. In Mayo, all the proceedings were carried out in the Irish language. So far, the local government board, which used to be very prompt in dealing with the local bodies, has turned blind eye to the results of the new departure. But sooner or later, a conflict between the new powers and the old is regarded as inevitable. 