THE SUN.co.uk - THE IRISH SUN: "TRAYNOR FREED FROM JAIL 'BY CHRISTMAS'" by Joanne McElGunn, Crime Editor (SNIPPET: "He fled Ireland in 1996 after the horror slaying of brave crime reporter Veronica, 37. And two years later, gangland boss John Gilligan, 60, told the High Court it was Traynor, 63, who had her shot dead.") (April 27, 2012)
Note: Photos included.
http://www.sundayworld.com/columnists/sw-irish-crime.php?aid=14569
“THE GROG FATHERS
Drug lords lived it up in jail but party was well and truly over”
(February 24, 2013)
SNIPPET: “Anne has revealed how Tony had beaten her continuously through their marriage. Her last baby, Benito, died a few days after birth when his liver collapsed as a result of her heroin addiction. “I was near comatose in the hospital and he (Tony) was spoonfeeding me heroin,” she told murdered reporter, Veronica Guerin.
HIV positive Tony also introduced his children to the horror of heroin addiction.”
SNIPPET: “The last man smiling in our prison snaps - John Gilligan - has fared no better locked behind bars than his old buddies. In 2002, he was tried and acquitted by the Special Criminal Court for the murder of Veronica Guerin.
His original sentence of 28 years for drug crimes was reduced to 20 on appeal, but he got a further two years in 2002 for threatening to kill two prison officers, another eight months in 2011 for possession of a mobile phone in 2008, and six months in 2012 for possession of a mobile phone in his cell in March 2010.”