Dolores Keane obituary: An hauntingly talented singer who battled her demons 

Dolores Keane on the Tommy Tiernan Show in 2023.

Dolores Keane, who has died aged 72, will be remembered as a singer of immense talent and as someone who spoke with courage and honesty about her struggles with depression and alcoholism.

Blessed with a haunting voice, she made an immediate impact on the Irish folk scene as a member of De Dannan in the 1970s, and later achieved household fame as part of the A Woman’s Heart project.