Tributes paid to John O'Shea, co-founder of Cork's Everyman Theatre

Everyman Theatre CEOs said John O'Shea’s 'vision, generosity, and belief in the power of theatre' shaped the former Palace Cinema into a theatre at the heart of Cork’s cultural life

The death has been announced of former teacher at Coláiste Chríost Rí and co-founder of the Everyman Theatre in Cork John O'Shea. He is pictured here in 2012 at a book launch. Picture: Jim Coughlan

Tributes are being paid to "an integral figure in the history of Cork theatre" after it was announced that Everyman Theatre co-founder John O'Shea has died at the age of 86.

Born in Cork, the University College Cork (UCC) graduate previously taught at Coláiste Chríost Rí in Turners Cross.