Mourners to say final goodbyes to Sinéad O’Connor

Fans of the Irish music legend Sinéad O’Connor will be able to pay their respects today as the 56-year-old is laid to rest. 

Thousands are expected to line the streets of Bray in County Wicklow to pay. 

O’Connor died at her home in London in July. Her cause of death has not yet been made public but police say it was not suspicious. 

On Tuesday, a private funeral service will take place, before a funeral cortege passes through the seaside town, stopping briefly to allow people to pay their final respects. 

The route will begin at the Harbour Bar end of Strand Road, where O’Connor lived for 15 years, and head along the seafront.

In a statement, the family said O’Connor “loved living in Bray and the people in it”.

Gardaí (Irish police) have asked members of the public to gather between 11:30 and 12:30 local time. Road closures will be in place between these times in the Strand Road/Promenade area and all other traffic will be diverted onto the Adelaide Road.