Magdalene laundry and mother and baby home survivors to honour Sinéad O’Connor in Bray

Magdalene laundry survivor Diane Croghan, right, pictured in 2013 with Mary Smith and Marina Gambold. Ms Croghan said on Sunday she will be at Sinéad O'Connor's funeral because of 'the good work she did not letting the State and Church get away with it all'. Picture: Julien Behal/PA

A number of former foster children and survivors of mother and baby homes will form a guard of honour on the Bray seafront for Sinéad O’Connor’s funeral because “she spoke up for us”, they said.

The singer’s family has invited fans to pay their final respects when her funeral cortege passes along the seafront in the Co Wicklow town on Tuesday morning at 10.30am.