Gardaí in Cork have released without charge a man arrested for questioning about a hit and run incident in Cobh early yesterday morning.

A mother of two (52) was seriously injured when she was struck by a vehicle that failed to stop at around 8.30am.

A man in his 30s who was arrested for questioning yesterday has been released without charge and a file is to be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

It's the second such incident for the county in recent weeks - a fatal accident in Cork city last week left gardaí searching for the driver of a white van.