MAN FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER

A MAN has been found guilty of the murder of another man whose skeletal remains were found in a jute bag at a ravine in 2024.

- BY OLIVIA KELLEHER

VERDICT Niall Long is convicted over remains found in bag in ravine

The jury of 10 men and two women spent just under five hours deliberating at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork before finding Niall Long, 33, guilty of the murder of Kieran Quilligan.

They will resume their deliberations in relation to his co-accused Luke Taylor, 27, today.

The two accused went on trial earlier this month charged with the murder of Mr Quilligan who was last seen alive on September 1, 2023.

He had been missing for five months when his remains were detected by gardai who had brought a cadaver dog to scrubland in East Cork.