Sinéad O'Connor took to social media on Saturday morning to share the heart-breaking news of the death of her son, Shane O'Connor. Shane, who was the third of her four children - with musician Dónal Lunny, was only 17-year-old.
The Tweet read, "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. May he rest in peace and may no one follow his example. My baby. I love you so much. Please be at peace."
The bereaved mother uploaded a photograph of her departed son a few hours later in a post that was left without a caption.
According to Sinead O'Connor's personal Twitter account, Shane seemed to be on suicide watch at a hospital in Dublin before he went missing last week. The news of the teenager's death was confirmed by the police on Saturday after standing down on a missing-person report for Shane O'Connor, following the recovery of a body in Wicklow, south of Dublin on Friday.
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