• Culture
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HP Archive: The true story of the John Gilligan gang
HP Archive: The true story of the John Gilligan gang
Jason O'Toole
Jason O'Toole

With John Gilligan now released from prison, we delve into the Hot Press archive for an extraordinary interview conducted by Jason O'Toole in 2008...

When Sunday Independent journalist Veronica Guerin was gunned down in cold blood on the Naas Road, the finger of suspicion turned on John Gilligan.

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