A 35-year-old man has pleaded guilty to his former partner's murder in Co Clare.
Patrick Ballard, formerly of Ashford Court Hotel in Ennis, denied the murder charge before his trial opened before a jury yesterday, but he changed his plea this afternoon.
Yesterday, the jurors were told Sharon Bennett, a 29-year-old mother-of-two originally from County Wexford, died after being attacked in a public toilet in Ennis on February 10th last year.
Mr Ballard and Ms Bennett were in a relationship at the time of the alleged murder.
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Ms Bennett was a mother of two girls, then aged nine and six, from a previous relationship.
Ballard is due to be sentenced tomorrow.
