Singer Sinead O'Connor has revealed that her teenage son has died, two days after he had been reported lacking.

Irish police power An Garda Síochána appealed for info on Shane O'Connor, 17, who had final been seen within the Tallaght space of Dublin.

A CCTV picture of the teenager was launched by police who mentioned they had been "involved for his welfare."

However in an emotional tweet on Saturday morning, the Irish singer tweeted that her "lovely son" had died.

She wrote: "Nevi'im Nesta Ali Shane O'Connor, the very gentle of my life, determined to finish his earthly wrestle as we speak and is now with God."

"Could he relaxation in peace and will nobody observe his instance, My child." she added, "I like you a lot. Please be at peace."

In a observe up tweet, she shared a video of the Bob Marley track Experience Natty Experience in dedication and likewise posted a picture of him.

"That is for my Shaney. The sunshine of my life. The lamp of my soul. My blue-eye child. You'll at all times be my gentle," she tweeted, "we'll at all times be collectively. No boundary can separate us."

Her messages promoted an outpouring of sympathy from different social media customers.

Shane, whose father is the musician Dónal Lunny, was one among Sinead O'Connor's 4 youngsters.

Sinead O'Connor and her son Shane O'Connor.
Singer-songwriter Sinead O'Connor (left) performs on stage at Vogue Theatre on February 1, 2020 in Vancouver, Canada. She introduced on Twitter, the demise of her 17-year-old son Shane (proper).

In earlier tweets on Thursday, she had made direct appeals to her son to current himself to police. "Shane, it is not humorous any extra, all this going lacking," one mentioned, "you're scaring the crap out of me," mentioned one.

One other mentioned, "your life is treasured...my world would collapse with out you. You might be my coronary heart. Please do not cease it from beating. Please do not hurt your self."

A police spokesman instructed the Irish Examiner that "following the restoration of a physique within the Bray space of Wicklow on Friday, 7 January 2022, a lacking individual enchantment in respect of Shane O'Connor, 17 years, has been stood down."

Police thanked the media and the general public "for his or her help on this matter," including that "no additional motion is required and no additional info is out there right now." Newsweek has contacted Irish police for remark.

The singer rose to fame with the 1990 world hit "Nothing Compares to U," written by Prince, and has made numerous critically acclaimed albums. In 2018, she introduced her conversion to Islam and altered her title to Shuhada Davitt.

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