A second man has been found guilty of the murder of a 47-year-old man whose remains were found in a jute bag in a ravine in Whitewell, Rostellan in Cork last year.
Luke Taylor, aged 27, with an address at Cherry Lawn, Blackrock in Cork was found guilty by a jury this morning.
Mr Quilligan, 47, from Togher in Cork, was last seen alive on 1 September 2023.
He was missing for five months when his remains were discovered on 29 January 2024, after gardaí brought a cadaver dog to search an area of scrubland.
The Central Criminal Court sitting 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 organ.
Both men now face mandatory life sentences and remanded in custody for sentencing on 29 October.
In his closing speech to the jury, prosecution senior counsel, Donal O'Sullivan said that Mr Quilligan was "lured" to his death.
He stated that Taylor brought him to a laneway at St Finbarr's Place in Cork city on 1 September 2023 where he and Long "ambushed" him.
Mr O'Sullivan said that the men then threw Mr Quilligan in to the boot of a car.
He said that the "instigating factor" in relation to what occurred involved Mr Quilligan stealing drugs from Long earlier that day.
