Obituary Peter Brogan

Optometrist Peter Brogan of Northern Ireland died on January 1 aged 57 from cancer of the oesophagus.

Graduating from City University in London in the early 1970s and achieving a specialist contact lens qualification, he worked for David Clulow in Earl' s Court and then in Bristol. In 1979 he returned to Northern Ireland to take over the practice of his father, Paddy, also an optometrist, in Lisburn, County Antrim, building up the successful business.

As well as becoming president of the Northern Ireland Optometric Society, Brogan was Northern Ireland's representative on the General Optical Council and a director of Watt Optical prescription house.