Boy, 3, fights for his life after being dragged by car

A three-year-old boy was fighting for his life in a Dublin hospital last night after being struck by a car in West Cork.

The incident happened at Lislevane near the Barryroe Co-Op at about 6.30pm.

It is understood that after he was struck, the little boy, who is Hungarian, but whose family have been living in Courtmacsherry for some time, was dragged for a short distance by the car, a Volkswagen Golf.