Coroner calls for speed limiter technology for young drivers

The coroner for South Kerry is calling for legislation obliging all young drivers to have a speed limiter fixed to any car they are allowed to drive.

Terence Casey issued the call at the inquest into the deaths of four teenagers who died in a single vehicle crash outside Killarney last August.

17-year-old David Breen; his 15-year-old brother Kevin, 15-year-old Aine Riordain and 19-year-old Brian Coffey all died in the single vehicle crash at Carrigeen.

The inquest heard that although they had been at a party all night, alcohol was not a factor in the accident.

A Garda technical expert gave evidence that David Breen was driving between 99 and 110 kilometres an hour when he lost control of the car which skidded into a ditch and collided with tree.