Boy, 6, dies three days after Cork hit-and-run

A six-year-old boy injured in a hit-and-run in East Cork on Wednesday has lost his fight for life at Cork University Hospital.

The boy, named locally as Luke O'Donovan, from Ballymacoda village near Youghal in East Cork was fatally injured when he was struck by a car that failed to stop as he was playing near his home around 1pm on Wednesday.