Luke Taylor (28) found guilty by jury in Kieran Quilligan murder trial

Luke Taylor (28) has been found guilty of murdering Kieran Quilligan.

The jury returned this unanimous verdict at 12.30 today in the trial at the Central Criminal Court, sitting in Cork.

It followed five hours and 45 minutes of deliberating which commenced on Wednesday.

Sentencing was adjourned until October 29 when the mandatory life sentence will be imposed on Luke Taylor and on Niall Long, who was found guilty of the same murder yesterday.

There will be an opportunity for family of Kieran Quilligan to present victim impact evidence on Wednesday next.

Luke Taylor, formerly of Cherry Lawn, Blackrock, Cork, and 33-year-old Niall Long, formerly of St. Michael’s Close, Mahon, Cork, now both stand convicted of the same charge of murder. 

The murder count which each man denied, was that between September 1 2023 and January 29 2024 at an unknown location within the state in the District Court area of Cork city they did murder Kieran Quilligan, 47, contrary to Common Law.