The father of a toddler who died in a hit-and-run accident gave evidence as the inquest into her death opened on what should have been her second birthday.

Gardaí are interviewing witnesses in relation to the death of a toddler in a hit-and-run at Dublin’s Phoenix Park last Monday evening.

A man has confessed to gardaí his role in a hit-and-run collision during the bank holiday weekend that left a toddler fatally injured.