A two-year-old boy who was knocked down in a hit and run in Mahon on the south side of Cork city has been diagnosed with a diffuse axonal injury (DAI) to the brain.

A fundraising campaign set up just days ago to help with treatment costs for a Cork toddler badly injured in a hit-and-run last week has already generated more than €12,000 in donations.

The entire Mahon community is rallying around the family of toddler Zac Higgins, who was injured in a hit-and-run a week ago.

Two-year-old Zac Higgins incurred serious injuries when he ran onto the road while playing with a ball near Castle Meadows on the Skehard Road in Mahon in Cork city at about 4pm on Monday.

The father of a toddler who was left with serious injuries after a hit-and-run in Cork has said that he is “absolutely blown away” by the support from friends and family.

2-year-old Zac Higgins suffered a broken collarbone and shoulder blade, and a bleed to the brain after being struck by a car while playing at about 3.50pm on Monday in Castle Meadows estate on the Skehard Road in Mahon.

A male teenager arrested in connection with a serious hit-and-run in Cork was released from Garda custody this morning.

Gardaí have arrested a juvenile in his late teens today in connection with a hit-and-run incident in Cork yesterday.

A toddler was left seriously injured after a hit-and-run in Cork City yesterday afternoon.

A three-year-old boy has been seriously injured in a hit-and-run in Cork city.

Tommy Barker reports on a kick-started new house scheme in the north Cork hinterland of Conna village.

No 64, Castle Meadows, off the Skehard Road, measures 1,750 sq ft after a two-storey add-on and is priced at €265,000, says Tommy Barker.

IT only takes a little tweaking to lift a three-bedroom semi above the norm. Take Castle Meadows, for instance.