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Sinead O'Connor's family have shared their gratitude with her 'kind' fans after the Irish singer's tragic death last month.

Prior to making headlines the next day after a short-lived health scare that required a brief stay in hospital, Ireland’s President Michael D. Higgins arrived at Dublin’s Complex arts center last Wednesday to present the Dublin film festival’s highest honor to Steve McQueen. Introduced in 2007 and named the Volta Award, after the first commercial cinema set up in Dublin in 1909 by writer James Joyce, its previous recipients include Daniel Day Lewis, Claudia Cardinale and Al Pacino. The famously serious director was in high spirits, enthusing that “festivals are about passion, a passion for film.” “There’s always a buzz, isn’t there?” he continued. “[As you] go to the next picture, the next film, you tend to give people tips and say, ‘Oh, you’ve got to see this, you’ve got to see that…’”

EXCLUSIVE: UK production and distribution outfit Swipe Films has recently completed post-production on under-the-radar feature documentary Quintessentially Irish, which it has sold globally to Vision Films (ex UK & Ire).

The Libertines have covered The Pogues‘ ‘Fairy Tale Of New York’ in tribute to the band’s late frontman, Shane MacGowan.The band – comprised of Pete Doherty, Carl Barât, John Hassall and Gary Powell – shared a video on their official Instagram page of Barât playing the famous Christmas tune on the piano with both him and Doherty singing along. The caption of the video read: “RIP Shane, this one’s for you matey x”.Two days later, they posted another video of the whole band performing ‘Fairy Tale Of New York’ while on stage during one of their intimate shows.” Another one for Shane x,” read the caption.MacGowan was laid to rest on December 8 after he died from pneumonia in hospital, aged 65, on November 30.

Shane MacGowan‘s funeral have now been released.The lead singer of The Pogues died on November 30 aged 65, passing away peacefully surrounded by friends and family.Tributes have poured in from his family and the entertainment world. His wife Victoria Mary Clarke called him “the most beautiful soul”, whilst close friend Nick Cave said MacGowan was “the greatest songwriter of his generation”.

Sinéad O'Connor's family is sending a thank you to everyone who celebrated her life. On Monday, in a message sent to, O'Connor's children, Jake, Roisin and Yeshua and other members of the GRAMMY-winning singer's extended family penned a message of gratitude for everyone who remembered her after her death on July 26.«The children of Sinéad together with Sinéad’s extended family wish to thank the countless kind people who sympathised and offered condolences on Sinéad’s recent passing.

Sinéad O’Connor’s family have released a public statement a month after her tragic death at age 56.

As the world continues to mourn the loss of Sinéad O’Connor, her family is reaching out with a new message to fans.

Sinéad O’Connor‘s children and family have thanked fans for their “outpouring of love” after her death in a new statement.The musician and activist died at the age of 56 last month (July 26), after being found unresponsive in her London home. She was laid to rest at a ceremony in the Irish town of Bray this month.On the noticeboard of the Irish Times, O’Connor’s family have thanked those involved in funeral arrangements and the ceremony, as well as the media and fans.They wrote: “The children of Sinéad together with Sinéad’s extended family wish to thank the countless kind people who sympathised and offered condolences on Sinéad’s recent passing.

Sinead O’Connor died earlier this month, rocking the music industry and her hometown of Ireland. Mourners from all over the world gathered on Tuesday in the town of Bray, located south of Dublin and the place of O’Connor’s last family home. Her funeral was filled with fans and mourners, including her friends and fellow musicians Bono and Bob Geldof.

Sinead O’Connor has been laid to rest and hundreds of people lined the streets to say a final goodbye.

Sinead O’Connor in the Irish town of Bray, with Bob Geldof and Bono among those paying tribute.Details of her funeral were shared yesterday (August 7), with fans invited to say a “last goodbye” to the singer and activist as a procession followed a route along the seafront in Bray, County Wicklow.Starting earlier this morning (August 8), the cortege began at the Harbour Bar continued to the other end of Strand Road. It also stopped by the house where O’Connor lived for 15 years, and a private burial ceremony is soon to follow.For the event, thousands of fans came out to bid farewell to the ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ singer and pay their respects.

Sinéad O'Connor made one last ride past her home in Bray, Ireland.On Tuesday, fans lined up for miles to pay their respects and mourn the loss of the «Nothing Compares 2 U» singer as her coffin was transported to her private funeral. In tradition with Irish culture, a black hearse carrying O'Connor's coffin — which included flowers and a black-and-white photo of the singer — rode past her family's home. Mourners and fans held up signs with pictures of the singer, and shared messages of support for issues that O'Connor famously fought against.

she died in her London home at the age of 56.Thousands of fans and mourners roped around the streets of her hometown of Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland.Following a private memorial service, her cortege strolled down the roads in a vintage VW van by her former home and had Bob Marley’s song “Natural Mystic” blaring from the hearse.As her hearse was driven down the avenues, sobs could be heard throughout the large crowds as some clapped, cheered and placed flowers onto the vehicle.O’Connor’s casket was also shrouded in blue, white and pink florals.The mourning fans also included children who held onto teddy bears and some people donned Irish hats, scarves and flags, banners, dogs and musical instruments as they watched the procession pass by.The funeral service was reportedly led by the Chief Imam of the Islamic Centre of Ireland, Shaykh Dr Umar Al-Qadri, according to Ireland’s news channel RTE.The country’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar as well as the Irish President Michael D. Higgins were in attendance at the burial service.

The tearjerking moment Sinead O'Connor fans broke out into a rendition of her biggest hit as they waited for her funeral cortege to pass her Irish home was captured on video.

Police have said Sinead O'Connor was 'found unresponsive' at her London home after her shock death was confirmed. News broke of the singer's tragic passing, aged 56, on Wednesday night (July 26).

Sinead O'Connor had to make a heartbreaking social media post before her own tragic death. The iconic singer's final social media post referenced the tragic loss of her 17-year-old son, Shane, as she publicly mourned his death.

The Script’s guitarist Mark Sheehan has died, aged 46, following a short illness, the band announced over the weekend.In a statement on social media, the Irish band said: “Much loved husband, father, brother, bandmate and friend Mark Sheehan passed away today in hospital after a brief illness. The family and group ask fans to respect their privacy at this tragic time”.Joining tributes, Irish president Michael D Higgins said: “It was a mark of the originality and excellence that Mark and his bandmates in The Script sought that they saw such success across the world, including six number one albums in the UK and a number three album in the United States – a truly remarkable achievement”.“Through their music, Mark and The Script have played an outstanding part in continuing and promoting this proud tradition of Irish musical success across the world”, he added.Sheehan formed boyband Mytown with vocalist Danny O’Donoghue in 1996, working in LA for a number of years.

Instagram post. No cause of death has been released.“Much loved husband, father, brother, bandmate and friend Mark Sheehan passed away today in hospital after a brief illness,” The Script wrote.

President Joe Biden met with Irish president Michael D Higgins in Ireland on Thursday, but before he left, he wrote a message in the visitors book. On Thursday night, James Corden and his CBS crew couldn’t help but laugh at how small the desk was that Biden had to sit in while writing.

A man has been remanded in custody after being charged with the murder of Irish teacher Ashling Murphy.

Irish Traditional Music Archive. However, an official cause of death has not been revealed.“The Irish music community, and indeed the much larger community throughout the world who found such inspiration in his work, will have learnt with great sadness today of the passing of Paddy Moloney, founder and leader of the Chieftains,” said Irish President Michael D.

TV presenter Hector O hEochagain has hailed President Michael D Higgins as a ‘great man’ after describing the ‘lovely’ phone call he received from him in the aftermath of the devastating passing of his brother.

Irish President Michael D Higgins gave a sombre televised interview but it was his dog who stole the show.

As the saying goes ‘a dog is a man’s best friend,’ and President Michael D Higgins’ dog Misneach certainly wasn’t happy that his best friend and owner wasn’t giving him enough attention in a hilarious clip caught over the weekend.

President Michael D Higgins has been leading the heartfelt tributes paid to Irish actor Tom Hickey following his death. The iconic actor was most well-known for his role as Benjy in The Riordans.

After a hattrick of ratings wins, Tommy Tiernan was relegated back to second place in the talk-show race as the Late Late Show emerged victorious this week.

There aren’t many politicians on this planet as universally liked as our own President. So there’s no surprise that Irish celebrities have been wishing Michael D Higgins a very happy birthday.

President Michael D Higgins appeared on the Late Late Show ahead of his 80th birthday and his interview went down a storm with viewers at home.

Ahead of his birthday celebration on The Late Late Show this Friday, President Michael D Higgins invited Ryan Tubridy to Áras an Uachtaráin for a sit-down chat.

We’ll all be sitting around the TV on Friday singing happy birthday to President Michael D Higgins as he appears on the show just before his big 80th birthday.

It’ll be a special episode of The Late Late Show this week as Ryan Tubridy will be joined by President Michael D Higgins for a celebration.

Van Morrison will be among those honouring President Michael D Higgins in a special televised event in celebration of the politician’s 80th birthday later this month.

The Tommy Tiernan Show (and let’s face it, who isn’t?) will be delighted to hear that the series is returning.The chat show in which the host doesn’t know who will be seated opposite him for a natter until they walk out on set has captivated the nation over the past four seasons.Guests ranging from A-list celebrities to people with interesting jobs, and even our very own President Michael D Higgins, have left us enraptured as they chat to Tommy on the RTÉ One show.The ease at which the comedian

Hollywood director Martin Scorsese will lead a star-studded Irish Film and Television Awards ceremony (Iftas) on Sunday evening.

mother-of-two also found her way into the music business as she once appeared in a music video for a well-known Irish band.Before her days in the hit show Finding Joy, Amy appeared in the music video for The Riptide Movement’s song All Works Out and we can’t believe we almost forgot about it!The 41-year-old played the leading lady in the video which was chosen as the soundtrack to Fáilte Ireland’s campaign surrounding President Michael D Higgins’ State visit to the UK.The storyline of the video