We extend our deep condolences to his family and friends and in particular to his partner Maire and their son Cormac, to Maire’s son Conor and Brian’s brothers Gerry and Danny and his sister Maura, and his family circle and friends.
A tribute to Brian in Republican News:
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams TD, said:
“Brian will be best known to most republicans as the irrepressible and politically perceptive cartoonist Cormac who for many years was a regular feature in Republican News and then in An Phoblacht/Republican News after the papers merged.
His weekly contribution to the paper touched on the big issues of the time: the war, repression, sectarianism, collusion and much more. His cartoons lampooned the British Army and RUC, the British Government and media. If he witnessed injustice he turned his satirist’s pen loose.
His death is a huge loss for his family but also to the wider republican community.
Go ndeanfaidh Dia trocaire air.”
