Thoughts turn to Veronica's mother after Gilligan shooting

Jimmy Guerin said it would be “hypocritical” of him to say he was upset by the gangland shooting of John Gilligan.

For him, the arrogant ex-crime boss is ultimately the person responsible for the murder of his sister on the Naas Road in June 1996.

But Gilligan was never convicted of Veronica Guerin’s death. His second-in-command, Brian Meehan, was the only gang member to be successfully convicted of her murder.