A 2-year-old girl has died after a hit and run at the Phoenix Park in Dublin. The child was hit on the North Road at around 6:30pm yesterday evening.

She was pronounced dead in the early hours of this morning at Temple Street Children's Hospital.

Gardaí at Cabra are investigating the collision which happened on the North Road at the Phoenix Park in Dublin.

A man (24), who was arrested a short time after the incident, is being questioned by gardaí.

He was initially detained at Cabra garda station and transfered to Blanchardstown overnight.

The toddler was struck by a car which failed to stop at the scene.

Reporter with The Herald, Conor Feehan, told Newstalk Breakfast that a number of people saw what happened.

Originally published 06/04/2015