'My name is Dolores O'Riordan … I'm going to be a rock star'; School friend remembers 'loveable rogue'

Twelve year old Dolores O’Riordan stood up in front of her classmates on her first day in Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ, Limerick, and loudly announced: “My name is Dolores O’Riordan…I’m going to be a rock star.”

By David Raleigh, in Limerick

Twelve year old Dolores O’Riordan stood up in front of her classmates on her first day in Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ, Limerick, and loudly announced: “My name is Dolores O’Riordan…I’m going to be a rock star.”