Two Cork men found guilty of murder of Kieran Quilligan facing life sentences

Sentencing was adjourned until October 29 when the mandatory life sentence will be imposed on Luke Taylor and Niall Long

Niall Long was found guilty on Thursday of the murder of Kieran Quilligan. 

A 47-year-old man was beaten and hammered to death, thrown into the boot of a car to be taken from Cork city to a remote place in East Cork where his remains were left hidden over two years ago — but now two men face life sentences for his murder.

The motive for the murder was a drug deal that went wrong and which saw the deceased and another man rob the dealer of a few hundred euro worth of drugs and a few hundred in cash.