Confusion, uncertainty, and fear following Hotel Killarney violence

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Emergency services at Hotel Killarney where four people were injured in an altercation on New Year's Day. Picture: Padraig Healy 

The crisp air and penetrating rays that bathed Kerry in a new year glow on Monday morning masked the undercurrent of confusion, uncertainty, and fear following a stabbing incident at the town’s Hotel Killarney on Sunday.

A small Garda presence had left by lunchtime, the last remnants of policing following an incident that left a number of hotel residents with injuries.