Second Hit-And-Run Driver Held

Donegal Gardai have arrested a man in Glenties in connection with an alleged hit-and-run in Portnoo in the early hours of this morning.

This was the second such incident within 24-hours as a woman was arrested on Sunday in Co Galway.

They said that the road between the Summy Crossroads and Kilclooney Church, Glenties were closed throughout today in the wake of the incident which occurred at around 12.20am.

A 30-year-old man was struck as he walked along the road and was brought to Letterkenny General Hospital as a result.

One man, believed to be from Northern Ireland, has been arrested in connection with the incident.

He is currently being detained at Ballyshannon Garda Station.

The road outside Portnoo currently remains closed as a Garda forensic investigation team are due to visit the scene.

Meanwhile, a woman in her 30s was arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in Co Galway at the weekend.

The body of a man in his late sixties was found just before nine o'clock on a road in Cregg, Corrandulla, about 17 kilometres north of Galway city.

The woman was arrested yesterday afternoon and is still being questioned under Section four of the Criminal Justice Act.

The man who died is from the immediate area, but his name has not yet been released.

Gardai say the incident occurred between one and two o'clock on Sunday morning.

(BMcC)