The incident occurred in Rasharkin hours ahead of a July 12th parade in the town.

A DESIGNATED parking space is needed on the Main Street of Stradbally and all car parking spaces in Court View should be numbered so that each of the residents have their own space to park their car.

'It looks like a whole big slab of the footpath has subsided' - cllr Aidan Mullins.

The victim remained in a critical condition in hospital on Sunday evening.