Injured man with ‘guts hanging out’ actually had set of large rosary beads

When gardaí called to the scene of a late-night disturbance at a Kerry hotel, they found a man in an injured state in a corridor with what appeared to be his guts hanging out of his torso.

However, Stephen Coffey of Gortroe, Fossa, had been celebrating a First Communion in Kenmare and it was a set of large rosary beads which was streaming from his side, the district court was told.

Coffey, who is currently in Australia, pleaded guilty through his solicitor, Padraig O’Connell, to public order offences including threatening and abusive behaviour.