Tragic news.
22-year-old Philip Leahy has passed away, succumbing to his injuries received during a swimming accident in the New Jersey, Ocean City last week.
Philip was in America on a J1, and following the accident, the community of his hometown of Ballyhooly
set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for his medical support.
The page had already raised over €90,000, but sadly Philip passed away in the late hours of Sunday night.
Philip was a keen GAA player and had captained Ballyhooly to their first ever County Junior B Football title last year. tweeted out their condolences this morning.
Playing for CIT during his time there, the club tweeted out their condolences this morning.
