Woman charged with murder of boy (4) has seen her plea of guilty to manslaughter rejected at the Central Criminal Court

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Alison O’Riordan
A 30-year-old woman, who is charged with the murder of a four-year-old boy in the south west of the country, has seen her plea of guilty to manslaughter rejected today at the Central Criminal Court.
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