Tributes paid to 'gentle giant' who died in Cork City house fire

Mary Crilly, of the Cork Sexual Violence Centre, knew Peter Lyall well, describing him as 'a gorgeous person'

Peter Lyall died after fire ripped through the terraced home he shared with his partner, Anna, in the Ardcullen area of Hollyhill.

Tributes have been paid to the man who died in a house fire in Cork City on Monday.

The deceased, named locally as Peter Lyall, aged 62, was described as a “gentleman, and a gentle giant”.