Boy, 6, left fighting for life after hit-and-run

A boy days from celebrating his seventh birthday was fighting for his life in hospital last night after being mowed down by a car which fled the scene.

He was enjoying his Easter holiday break in a village in Co Cork when he was hit by a car which failed to stop around lunchtime yesterday.

His family were keeping a bedside vigil at Cork University Hospital (CUH) last night as doctors were doing everything they could to keep him alive.