A pensioner injured in a dramatic hit-and-run accident in Co Clare has passed away.

A man has been charged with dangerous driving causing serious harm to two pensioners, one of whom lost his leg, following a hit and run incident outside a pitch and putt course in Co Clare.

Bail was yesterday refused for a Limerick man who, it was claimed, made full and frank admissions of being the driver of a car which struck three elderly men in Parteen village last Thursday while being pursued by gardaí.