A woman pedestrian in her 80s has died after being struck by a car in Tallaght on Friday morning.
The car, which initially failed to remain at the scene, has since been identified and recovered by Gardaí and will be subject to a technical examination.
Gardaí and emergency services attended the scene of the incident which occurred shortly before 11am at the junction of Fortunestown Way and Cheeverstown Road.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Her body was removed to the City Morgue at Whitehall where a postmortem is due to take place.
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The road has been closed for an examination by forensic collision investigators.
Gardaí have appealed to anyone with information or who may have witnessed this incident to contact them.
Any road users or pedestrians who may have camera footage and who were travelling on Fortunestown Way or Cheeverstown Road on Friday morning between 10.30am and 11:05am have been asked to make this footage available to the Garda.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Tallaght Garda station on 01 666 6000, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda station.
In a separate incident in Waterford city on Friday, a man in his 40s has been left in a critical condition in hospital after what gardaí say was a hit-and-run collision.
At approximately 11.45am, a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle at the junction of The Glen and Ballybricken. The car failed to remain at the scene.
The pedestrian was taken to Cork University Hospital. The Glen and Ballybricken roads are currently closed with local diversions in place. Garda Forensic Collision Investigators are to attend the scene.
Any road users and pedestrians who were in The Glen, Ballybricken and surrounding areas this morning between 11.00am and 12.00pm and noticed any unusual activity is asked to contact investigating gardaí.
Anyone who may have camera footage (including dash cam) of this area this morning is asked to make this available to gardaí. Anyone with information which may assist gardaí or any potential witnesses are asked to contact Waterford Garda Station on 051 305300, the Garda Confidential Line or any Garda station.
