Kinsale left numb with grief

THE curtains may have been shut tight in the first-floor room, but the reality of what occurred behind them on Sunday could not be hidden away.

Since a suspected carbon monoxide leak at the upmarket Trident Hotel was uncovered, the Co Cork town of Kinsale has been left numb with grief.

One woman who had been part of a hen party celebration for her first cousin is dead, her sister has been hospitalised, and a number of other guests have been treated for what is understood to be carbon monoxide poisoning.