Sinéad O'Connor's son Shane to be cremated on Thursday

Singer Sinead O'Connor with her son Shane, who died tragically in recent days.

Shane O’Connor the teenage son of singer Sinéad and musician Donal Lunny who died tragically last week is to be cremated on Thursday.

The 17-year-old died last Friday after he went missing from a psychiatric ward in Tallaght Hospital a day earlier. His remains were found in Bray, Co Wicklow after gardaí issued a missing persons alert.