A five-year-old boy has died following a road incident in Portlaoise, Co Laois, on Saturday afternoon.
Gardaí and emergency services attended the scene at Kilminchy, Portlaoise, Co Laois, after the incident involving a pedestrian and a car at about 4.20pm.
The boy was taken to Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise in a serious condition.
He was pronounced dead a short time later, and a postmortem will take place.
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The woman driver of the car, aged in her 40s, was not injured.
The road will be closed overnight and a technical examination is due to be carried out by Garda investigators on Sunday morning.
It is the second death on Irish roads this weekend after a man died following a collision between a quad bike and motorcycle in Co Westmeath at about 3.30pm.
The male driver of quad bike, aged in his 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene. His body has since been removed to the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, where a postmortem will take place.
Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed the Portlaoise collision to contact them.
Any road users who may have camera footage (including dashcam) and were travelling in Kilminchy, Portlaoise, Co Laois, between 4pm and 5pm this afternoon are asked to make this footage available.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Portlaoise Garda station on 057–8674100, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800–666111, or any Garda station.
