Noel Long has been found guilty of murdering Nora Sheehan from Cork 42 years ago.
The State has been successful in pursuing the oldest murder prosecution in Irish history with a jury finding 74 year old Noel Long guilty of murdering a woman in Cork 42 years ago.
The jury agreed with the State's case that the evidence in the trial all pointed to the "inescapable conclusion" that Nora Sheehan had met her death in June 1981 at the hands of Long.
Nora Sheehan's body was found by forestry workers at The Viewing Point, Shippool Woods in Cork, six days after she went missing.
A mandatory life sentence for murder was imposed on Long, which was backdated by four weeks.
The 11 jurors rejected the defence put forward by Long's legal team.
His team argued that the State had failed to prove the intent required for murder and that in those circumstances, the most they could consider was a verdict of manslaughter.
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