A three-year-old boy has died after being struck by a car in an underground car park of a shopping centre in north Dublin.

The toddler was hit by a car in the car park of Charlestown Shopping Centre in Finglas on Wednesday morning.

Gardaí (Irish police) and emergency services were called to the scene at about 08:40 local time.

They said the child was transported by ambulance to Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) at Temple Street hospital with serious injuries, but died on Wednesday afternoon.