Sinead O'Connor's funeral as star laid to rest and tributes pour in

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Locals and fans of Sinead O'Connor left tributes outside the former home of the star ahead of her funeral on Tuesday morning.Fans lined the Irish coastal road to bid farewell to the acclaimed singer, prior to the cortege passing by before a private burial.Handwritten notes left outside her former home in Bray, Co Wicklow, thanked her for sharing her voice and her music.The procession started at 10.30am at the Harbour Bar end of the Strand Road and continued past her former home, Montebello, where she lived for 15 years.Since her death on July 26, people have been leaving flowers and paying their respects at the house, which the singer sold in 2021 and which now lies empty.“Sinead loved living in Bray and the people in it,” a statement issued by her family said.“With this procession, her family would like to acknowledge the outpouring of love for her from the people of Co Wicklow and beyond, since she left last week to go to another place.”The Irish Grammy-winning singer was found unresponsive by police at her south-east London home, aged 56.Councillor for Bray East Erika Doyle thanked the family for allowing fans the opportunity to mourn the global superstar, but also the woman who spoke “truth to power”.Doyle, who connected with O’Connor when she first moved to Bray, told BBC Breakfast: “We are very grateful to Sinead’s family for allowing us the opportunity to say goodbye this morning.“The seafront in Bray is over a kilometre long so there is plenty of opportunity for people to gather and already I can see a lot of activity here this morning.“Last night we ended our summer festival, there was fireworks and a funfair and even as that was going on, there was a constant stream of people turning up with flowers, candles,