Two men remain in custody over stabbings at Killarney direct provision centre

Kerry town under pressure with large numbers of asylum seekers and refugees, councillors say

Emergency Services at the scene at Hotel Killarney on New Year's Day. Picture: Padraig Healy 

Two men remain in custody in Killarney, Co Kerry, and investigations are ongoing into a violent incident at Hotel Killarney, a large hotel turned direct provision centre, in which a number of people received knife injuries on Sunday evening.

Local representatives, as well as the town's long-established asylum seeker and refugee initiative, say the town cannot cope with the numbers of asylum seekers and refugees it is being asked to accommodate.