Kieran Quilligan murder case a revealing insight into darker side of life in Cork City

Deirdre O'Shaughnessy discusses the case of Kieran Quilligan with court reporter Liam Heylin.

Murdered in daylight on a city street after a small-time drug deal went wrong, the case of Kieran Quilligan is a revealing insight into the darker side of life in Cork City.

Audio recording from on-street cameras of a row over €200 worth of crack cocaine, footage tracking the victim’s evening stroll across the city centre, and a phone call to gardaí from distressed residents who heard a man being beaten with a hammer were crucial to this case being solved.

Luke Taylor and Niall Long have been convicted of Mr Quilligan’s death — but questions remain about how a small-time drug dealer who lived at home with his parents and used his mother’s car to dispose of the body became a killer, and on whose orders.

Irish Examiner court reporter Liam Heylin is the guest on this episode of The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast.