Man dies after suspected hit-and-run in Dublin

A MAN died in hospital in Dublin yesterday after suffering serious injuries in a suspected hit-and-run incident in Lucan.

And the death of a man in Louth over the weekend brought the number of people killed on Irish roads since the beginning of the year to 55.

Gardaí are investigating the hit-and-run incident, which occurred at Main Street in Lucan at about 5am. A man in his 20s was removed to the Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, with serious injuries and was pronounced dead at 7.30am. He is understood to have been a pedestrian who was struck by a car which failed to stop.