Imelda May marks Sinéad O’Connor’s birthday on day of Shane MacGowan’s funeral

O’Connor, who died in July and was a close friend of May and MacGowan, would have marked her 57th birthday on Friday
Mourners lined the streets of Dublin to say goodbye to the Pogues frontman at a public procession on Friday ahead of his funeral. Picture: Michael Walter/PA

Mourners lined the streets of Dublin to say goodbye to the Pogues frontman at a public procession on Friday ahead of his funeral. Picture: Michael Walter/PA

Irish singer Imelda May has sent birthday wishes to the late Sinéad O’Connor on the day of Shane MacGowan’s funeral saying “what a day for Ireland”.

O’Connor, who died in July and was a close friend of May and MacGowan, would have marked her 57th birthday on Friday.

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