Rival singsong turns to mayhem in Killarney hotel

A "chaotic scene" greeted gardaí who were called to a Killarney hotel in which guests "ostensibly celebrating" a Confirmation, the Circuit Criminal Court in Tralee heard yesterday.

The court was told they threw bottles, lamps, chairs, and glasses in a hotel bar; staff who tried to intervene and ferry other guests to safety were assaulted; a garda was kicked and pinned to the ground at the hotel entrance and her colleague was held by the throat; and 10 more gardaí had to be called to contain the mayhem which erupted during a rival sing-along.

Patrick Dinan, aged 40, and his wife Mary Dinan aged 42, parents of seven children, two of whom had made their Confirmation, of Forest View, Goulds Hill, Mallow, Co Cork, and Mr Dinan’s sister Mary Ann Dinan, aged 22, of Seamus Murphy Place, Mallow, had all earlier pleaded guilty to the charge of violent disorder at the Quality Hotel, Killarney, at around 1am on May 19, 2013.