https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2019/0325/1038551-hit-and-run-cork/
Two-year-old boy injured in Cork hit-and-run
Updated / Tuesday, 26 Mar 2019 11:26
A two-year-old boy has been seriously injured in a hit-and-run in Cork.
The incident happened at Castle Meadows off Skehard Road shortly before 4pm.
The boy was taken by ambulance to Cork University Hospital where his condition is understood to be serious.
Gardaí say the car involved failed to remain at the scene.
Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to contact them and are particularly appealing to motorists with dash cams who were driving in the Skehard Road and Castle Meadows area between 3.30pm and 4.30pm to contact them.
"Gardaí have arrested a juvenile in his late teens today in connection with a hit-and-run incident in Cork yesterday.
A toddler was left with serious injuries following the incident.
Zac Higgins, who is now in an induced coma in Temple Street Children's Hospital, incurred serious injuries when he ran onto the road while playing with a ball near Castle Meadows on the Skehard Road in Mahon in Cork city at about 4pm yesterday.
He was hit by a blue Mazda 6 which left the scene.
The teen is detained under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at The Bridewell (Cork) Garda station.
Gardaí believe there were a number of people in the car at the time of the incident and would appeal to the passengers to come forward.
Meanwhile, gardaí investigating the hit-and-run say that have recovered a blue saloon car believed to have been involved in his incident.
"The car was recovered approximately 1km from the scene of the collision," said a garda statement.
They added that the injured boy is described as critical but stable at Temple Street Children’s University Hospital in Dublin."
Some good news fer a change on this sombre topic;
Boy makes 'unbelievable recovery' after hit-and-run.
16 Jul 2019 17:46
The mother of a boy who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run in Cork last March says he has made an unbelievable recovery.
The incident happened at Castle Meadows off Skehard Road in Cork city shortly before 4pm on Monday 25 March.
Aishling Higgins says her son Zac, who turned three yesterday, can walk and talk again, and is forming four word sentences - which doctors did not expect.
She told RTÉ's News at One that her little boy's happy, smiley personality is there and that he "has a big smile on his face every day."
Ms Higgins said that Zac still struggles with daily tasks, saying that he has tremors in his hand and cannot hold a spoon.
Despite his progress, she said, there is always the worry that he will stop making improvements.
She added that because Zac has come on so well physically, there are concerns that he may suffer learning difficulties.
She explained that Zac must attend the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún Laoghaire soon where they will "work on every aspect of him."
"He's walking and they didn't think that he'd walk. He's started talking now. He can say kind of four word sentences which is amazing," she said.
"Now he still struggles with daily tasks but he smiles through the whole lot. But look, we have him and we're delighted that he's here, and we'll take every day as it comes."
Aishling said the day Zac was run over was the horrendous and the worst experience of their lives.
The two-year-old spent nearly eight weeks in Temple Street, where they discovered he had a very suffered a serious brain injury.
Aishling said half the parish has been invited to help Zac celebrate his birthday today, adding that he is looking forward to seeing Mickey Mouse and having lots of chocolate cake.
