The older brother of Thomas Healy has said that his "heart is broken forever" after his younger sibling died earlier this week.
Thomas Healy, 14, from The Gap of Dunloe in Kerry was killed instantly when the car he was driving hit a kerb and crashed into a tree in the early hours of Wednesday.
He was pronounced dead at the scene while a friend, who is the same age, is fighting for his life in hospital.
Thomas' devastated brother, Jack Patrick Healy, paid tribute to his brother via Facebook.
The London-based musician said: "My little Prince, I love you and my heart is broken forever."
A private funeral will take place at St Mary's Church, Beaufort on Saturday morning at 11 am.
It will be carried out in accordance with Government and HSE public health guidelines.
However, it will be live-streamed on the Beaufort Parish Facebook page on Saturday morning, followed by burial in Churchtown Cemetery.
A guard of honour will be provided by Thomas' school and local clubs.
Tributes were paid to Thomas this week, who was from Beaufort near the Gap of Dunloe and was a promising young footballer.
Independent TD Michael Healy-Rae, who is a cousin of Thomas' dad Ger, said: "It's very sad. I'd have been very confident that Thomas would have worn the county jersey in time because he was extremely talented in the football.
"A lovely, young, bright, bubbly boy who was the youngest in the family. The family are devastated.
"This is a horrendous accident for any family, it's every parent's nightmare.
"The family are grateful and thankful for the outpouring of support and prayers and sympathies being offered to them by everybody and it's just a horrendous time.
"It's a black day for all of them and all of us and we're so sorry."
Thomas' parents Ger - a well-known musician in the area known as the Singing Jarvey - and Julie were being comforted by their sons and wider family circle.
Mr Healy-Rae added: "Thomas played Gaelic football for Beaufort and he would have been well able to play music as well."
Beaufort GAA chairman Neil Doherty said the local community was numbed and grief-stricken over Thomas' death.
He told RTE Radio 1: "He was a member of the club and he played underage and so did the other boy that's injured.
"All we can say is to express our sympathies to the family and hope the other young man makes a full recovery.
"For a rural area which Beaufort is, it is a major shock.
"For the club itself it's a major shock as well because we have lost a few members since Christmas time.
"For people that played football with him and were training with him last week and just to wake up this morning and hear he was dead and their other teammate was badly injured, I think that's a shock for them as well."
The car Thomas was driving had been spotted by gardai a short time before it crashed and was extensively damaged.
The incident was referred to the Garda Ombudsman because the "vehicle was subject to interaction with officers prior to the collision".
