Sinead O’Connor’s third child, Shane Lunny, whom she shares with folk singer Donal Lunny, was born in 2004. In January 2022, it was reported the 17-year-old was missing from Tallaght Hospital in Dublin while on suicide watch, according to the Daily Mail. Two days later, it was confirmed the teen had died by hanging. O’Connor paid tribute to her late son in a series of now-deleted Tweets, writing in part, “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.”
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Following Lunny’s death, O’Connor spoke out against Tusla, the child and family agency that was caring for her son at the time. She criticized them on Twitter for how they handled her son’s case and blamed them for his death. However, she later retracted those statements and issued an apology to the organization. She tweeted, “Ok, I’m gonna do the right thing here and apologise for my lashing out. Tusla are working with very limited resources. They loved Shane. They are broken-hearted. They are human. I am sorry I have upset them. We are a third-world country. It’s not their fault” (via Irish Examiner).
