Teenage boy pleads guilty to murdering Lorna Woodnutt in Co Offaly last year

Lorna Woodnutt

Alison O’Riordan

A teenage boy who was due to stand trial at the Central Criminal Court today has admitted murdering a woman at a residential property in Co Offaly last year.

The 17-year-old, who cannot be identified because he is a minor, was charged with the murder of L orna Woodnutt, aged in her 40s, at a property in a rural area outside Tullamore, Co Offaly on September 29, 2023.