Woman pleads guilty to manslaughter of her son, 8

A Cork woman pleaded guilty yesterday to the manslaughter of her eight-year-old son, Anthony, in 2012.

Diane Ward, aged 45, of Harrison Place, Charleville, will be sentenced next Monday to allow time for psychiatric evidence to be given to the court.

Ward appeared at the Central Criminal Court yesterday where she pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter.