‘Major criminal’ questioned after fatal hit-and-run

A man described as a "major criminal" has been questioned by gardaí in connection with a fatal hit-and-run which left a woman dead as she crossed a road on a green pedestrian light.

The 40-year-old woman was knocked down near the Goldenbridge Luas Stop on Davitt Road in Drimnagh, south Dublin on Friday night.

Garda sources said the woman, named locally as Caroline Watkins, from Ballyfermot, was crossing the road on a green man at around 10.30pm when she was struck by a car, which failed to stop.