'We hope you are at peace now mom'—Noel Long gets life for murder of Cork woman

Katie Sheehan said it was hard to convey in words "the hurt we have carried over four decades" after Nora Sheehan's murder

Noel Long, who has a 1972 conviction for sexual offending and multiple previous assault convictions, has been found guilty of murder. File picture: Collins Courts

Cold case killer Noel Long, who this afternoon has been jailed for life, has lived without taking accountability nor "showing an ounce of remorse" for the murder and sexual assault of a vulnerable woman 42 years ago, the victim's family have told the Central Criminal Court.

"We hope you are at peace now mom. We never gave up hoping that one day we would get justice for you and we hope we have done you proud," the family of Nora Sheehan wrote.