'How they will ever get over this?': Killarney community devastated at death of Thomas Healy, 14

A male passenger in the car, also believed to be aged 14, was taken to Kerry University Hospital where he is understood to be in a critical condition

Thomas Healy, 14, lost control of the 25-year-old Toyota Corolla. Picture: RIP.ie 

The teenager who lost his life in Killarney this morning after the car he was driving struck a kerb and hit a tree has been named locally as Thomas Healy.

The 14-year-old is the son of Gerard Healy, a local musician known as the singing jarvey and his wife Julia who live near the Gap of Dunloe, Killarney. The youngest of four children, the late Thomas, known as Tommy, was also a student at the Intermediate School Killorglin. His older brother Jack Patrick Healy is a well-known musician, now based in London.