30 minutes travelling wrong direction before airport trip
09.01 A taxi pulls up outside Wheatfield Prison. Assembled media wait.
09.39 Lillis leaves prison. He walks quickly to the waiting taxi.
09.46 Taxi drives through Clondalkin village, with media following.
09.50 Lillis’s taxi goes southbound on the M50 at Kingswood. It is unclear where he is going as the airport, which is understood to be his final destination, is in the opposite direction.
10.03 His taxi comes off the M50 at Leopardstown, south Dublin – the opposite end of the city from the airport.
10.07
Taxi drives towards the N11, which connects Dublin city with Wicklow.
10.10
The taxi joins the N11 at Stillorgan and heads towards Dublin city.
10.16
His taxi pulls off the N11 at leafy Donnybrook and travels through Ballsbridge.
10.22
Taxi drives by the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre and over the new Samuel Beckett Bridge on the Liffey to the north quays. He is now following a common route to the airport, almost an hour after his release.
10.27
Lillis goes through the toll booth at the Port Tunnel. This saves him considerable time, but he would have to add €3 to an already hefty taxi fare.
10.36
Lillis arrives at Dublin Airport, Terminal One. He decamps from the taxi enters the terminal and speaks briefly to waiting media.
10.40
A flustered Lillis goes into the security area and through gate two.
10.56 Past security he stands looking at the departures board, talking on his mobile phone.
11.00
He goes to the beauty counter and buys cologne and a toothbrush before browsing in the shops.
11.17
Manages to slip away from accompanying media.
15.42
Arrives at gate 209 in T1, 40 minutes early for his flight to England
16.30
The plane departs. Onboard, Lillis talks to nobody and makes no eye contact. 17.42
Plane lands in Southampton. 17.50
With no stowed luggage, Lillis passes quickly through arrivals and is picked up in an Audi A1 outside. The driver is thought to be his sister.