Sympathies have been offered to the family of an eight-year-old East Clare boy who has lost his fight for life following a quad bike accident on Thursday night.
Ultan Hayes was travelling on the bike with his father near the family home at Boleynagoagh North in Whitegate when the collision occured.
He was rushed to University Hospital Limerick, and later transferred to Temple Street Children's Hospital in Dublin where he passed away last evening.
He's survived by his father Brian, mother Orla, two brothers and one sister.
Whitegate Councillor has expressed his sympathy, and those of the entire community, to the Hayes family after the tragic accident.