Hotels urged to offer refunds to Killarney festival goers

The Kerry branch of the Irish Hotels’ Federation (IHF) has asked all its members to make full refunds to people who made weekend accommodation reservations for the cancelled Killarney Festival of Music and Food.

Yesterday, branch spokesman Michael Rosney estimated more than 1,000 beds had been booked for the festival, due to be staged tomorrow and Sunday, and said he was confident all the hotels would comply with the request.

“This cancellation is a disappointment, but we will recover from it,” he said.