A large Garda presence and a number of their vans secured the court. The parties left by separate exits. Solicitor for six of the accused, Padraig O’Connell welcomed what the “period of rapprochement”.

Today’s report, confirmed by the ambulance service,  that  a man who collapsed at Killarney District Court on Tuesday  had to wait almost 40  minutes for an ambulance to arrive from Macroom to deliver emergency medical aid  just adds to concerns raised by this week’s review of ambulance services  published by the Health Information and Quality Authority