The Gilligan Tapes

John Gilligan is no altar boy, by his own admission.One of Ireland' s most infamous criminals and drug lords, and widely believed in the court of public opinion to have ordered themcold-blooded murder of crime reporter Veronica Guerin, he remains a defiant figure.In this remarkable book - the first of its kind - journalist Jason O' Toole distills hours of sensational face-to-face, no-holds-barred interviews with the feared criminal into a fast-paced and jawdropping account of the Irish gangland scene. And Gilligan doesn' t mince his words. ' I didn' t believe in God, but I know I' m going to hell.' Starting out as a petty thief in Dublin, Gilligan rose to the statusof crime lord earning £ 10 million from drugs within his first two years.He mixed with serious criminals such as Martin ' the General' Cahill, Gerry ' The Monk' Hutch, Patrick 'Dutchy' Holland and JohnTraynor. He was deeply involved with money laundering, miraculously survived an assassination attempt, and it is said he has millions stashed away at a secret location. O' Toole demands answers from Gilligan for all the hard questions; some of his responses will make readers shiver.