The family of the baby who died after being left unattended in a car for several hours are being comforted by relatives and neighbours as they attempted to come to terms with the tragedy.

It is understood the baby girl was the only child of a young couple who live in the Tipperary town area.

The girl was airlifted from the nearby Kickham’s GAA field to University Hospital Limerick in a critical condition but pronounced dead later in the afternoon.

A seven-month-old child has died in hospital after being left unattended in a car for a number of hours on the hottest day of the year so far.