Artist Scott, 93, weds partner

A long-running love story culminated yesterday in the marriage of Cork-born artist Patrick Scott, at the ripe old age of 93, to 57-year-old Eric Pearce, his companion of 37 years.

The two, whom Eric says met many years ago “in Dublin at a party, across a crowded room”, wed in a civil ceremony at the registry office on Lower Grand Canal St.

Speaking to the Irish Examiner, Eric said there was a “deep, abiding love between them” and they had wanted to marry for some time.