Gardaí in Cork are preparing a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions after releasing a man questioned over a hit and run.

The man was let go without charge after he was arrested over an accident that's left a boy (7) fighting for his life in hospital.

A car failed to stop after the boy was struck in Ballymacoda near Youghal, near his home, at around lunchtime yesterday.

Emergency services were alerted and the boy was rushed by ambulance to Cork University Hospital, where he remains in intensive care in a critical condition.