Boy, 11, releases album after music giant spots lockdown song for Northern Ireland grandmother

Cormac Thompson and his grandmother. Picture: Craig Gibson/PA

An 11-year-old schoolboy who sang to his grandmother over the internet during lockdown has released his debut album after being spotted by a prestigious record label.

Cormac Thompson, from Darwen in Lancashire, uploaded a cover of his “nannie’s” favourite song, Danny Boy, to YouTube after the camera on her iPad broke, halting their weekly video calls.