THE death of a teenager who died after falling from a cliff on the Kerry coast yesterday is being treated as a tragic accident by Gardaí.
The 17-year-old boy is believed to have slipped while out walking with family members.
It is understood the teen was walking along the coastline at Cinn Ard on the Dingle Peninsula at around 1pm when the tragedy happened.
Emergency services were alerted and the Irish Coast Guard helicopter based in Shannon was tasked to go to the scene.
Volunteers from the Dingle and Valentia Coast Guard units were also involved in the search as well as lifeboat volunteers.
The teenager was located by helicopter in area which is inaccessible by foot at the bottom of the cliffs.
His body was recovered by members of the RNLI from Valentia at about 3pm and brought by boat to Dingle.
The young man's remains were then transferred to University Hospital Kerry in Tralee, where a post-mortem examination is due to be carried out today.
