Second man guilty of Kieran's murder

Lured victim to 'ambush' before body was dumped in a ravine

- BY OLIVIA KELLEHER

A SECOND man has been found guilty of the murder of a man whose skeletonised remains were found in a jute bag in a ravine last year.

Kieran Quilligan, 47, from Togher in Cork, was last seen alive on September 1, 2023. He was missing for five months when his remains were detected on January 29, 2024 after gardai brought a cadaver dog to scrubland in the county.

The jury of ten men and two women at the Central Criminal Court in Cork heard that he had been beaten with a hammer-like weapon. Mr Quilligan suffered multiple bone fractures.

However, an exact cause of death could not be determined because of the decomposition of organs.

The jury spent close to six hours deliberating before yesterday finding Luke Taylor, 27, previously of Cherry Lawn, Blackrock, Cork, guilty of murder.