‘I miss my parents every day’, says Shane Filan as he begins role with Irish Cancer Society

'My mum died of lung cancer in 2019 and my dad died just over nine months later from pancreatic cancer'

Shane Filan has become an ambassador for the Irish Cancer Society Relay for Life (PA)

Westlife star Shane Filan has told how he misses his parents every day, as he takes on a new role with the Irish Cancer Society.

The Sligo-born singer, 43, lost both his parents, Mae and Peter, to cancer just nine months apart in 2019-20.