Just two people will attend the funeral today of Shane O’Connor, the son of singer Sinead O’Connor and his father musician Donal Lunny.
The 17-year-old will be laid to rest today following a ceremony at the Newlands Cross crematorium.
Shane died by suicide on Saturday, January 8.
Ms O’Connor said her son, who was a Hindu, wanted just his parents to attend his funeral – a wish he tragically expressed in notes before he went missing from hospital last Thursday.
“Shane was Hindu. So the funeral will be just his mother and father,” she said.
“This was also the wish Shane expressed in his suicide notes.”
“If you’re going to send anything to the mortuary at Loughlinstown hospital pls send flowers or Hindu objects.”
On Saturday, Ms O’Connor (55) confirmed on Twitter that her “beautiful son” whom she described as the light of her life “decided to end his earthly struggle”.
