Dolores O’Riordan’s mother prepares to mark first anniversary of singer's death

Rock star Dolores O’Riordan’s heartbroken mother, Eileen O’Riordan, has described how Christmas and the New Year were particularly difficult periods, as she prepares to mark the first anniversary of the tragic death of her world-famous daughter.

The former lead singer with The Cranberries was found dead in a bath in a hotel room, at London’s Park Lane Hilton, on January 15 last year.