Gilligan: The Mob Boss Who Changed the Face of Organized Crime

Author: Paul Williams Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 John Gilligan is one of the most notorious and hated criminal figures in Irish history. His name is indelibly etched in the national psyche a quarter of a century after he crossed the line to organise the execution of the fearless, high-profile journalist Veronica Guerin. Gilligan's motive for the assassination was, in the words of the prosecution at a subsequent murder trial, 'the necessity of having to protect an evil empire'....Read more