Shane MacGowan: A life in pictures

Singer Shane MacGowan with his father Maurice, mother Therese and sister Siobhan celebrating his 40th birthday with a cake before he appeared on the Late Late Show in 1997. Picture: Leon Farrell/RollingNews.ie

Ireland and the wider music world is in mourning following the news of Shane MacGowan's passing.

The Pogues frontman died peacefully in his sleep on November 30, his wife Victoria Mary Clarke confirmed. His wife and family were by his side.