Cork City Hall to fly rainbow flag at half-mast in tribute to campaigner Dave Roche

The rainbow flag will fly at half-mast above Cork City Hall tomorrow for leading gay rights campaigner Dave Roche, whose funeral cortege is due to pass the building, writes Eoin English.

Mr Roche, a founder member of the Cork LGBT Pride Festival, the CEO of the Cork Gay Project, a board member of the National LGBT helpline, and a driving force behind the Yes Equality Cork campaign and LGBT Awareness Week, died from a suspected heart attack at his home near Macroom in Co Cork, on Saturday. He was in his 50s.