Sinéad O’Connor’s son Shane dies, aged 17

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The singer announced the news on Twitter in the early hours of 8 January, writing: “My beautiful son, Nevi’im Nesta Ali Shane O’Connor, the very light of my life, decided to end his earthly struggle today and is now with God. No boundary can separate us.” Shane, whose parents are O’Connor and Irish musician Dónal Lunny, was reported missing earlier this week. No further action is required and no further information is available at this time.” O’Connor has previously tweeted about Shane’s father, Lunny, writing in May last year: “I am very fond of him. He is also a lovely, kind father to our son.” Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up The “Nothing Compares 2 U” singer has three other children, Jake, 34, Roisin, 25 and Yeshua, 14.