Trial date set for woman and teenager accused of murdering Scarlett Faulkner

A 40-year-old woman and a 17-year-old girl were charged with murder of the mother of one earlier this month

Scarlett Faulkner: Died three weeks after an alleged assault in Tipperary in March

A date has been set for the Central Criminal Court trial of a woman and a teenager charged with the murder of mother-of-one Scarlett Faulkner last March.

Ms Faulkner, 29, died three weeks after an alleged assault on the R494 at Birdhill, Co Tipperary, on March 21.

A 40-year-old woman and a 17-year-old girl were charged with her murder earlier this month.

Mr Justice Paul McDermott, presiding over the Central Criminal Court case list, fixed October 27 for their trial.