Sinead O'Connor's 17-year-old son found dead after going missing: 'Please be at peace'

[IcyPeas]

https://abc7.com/sinead-oconnor-son-dead-missing/11442107/

Sinead O'Connor's 17-year-old son has died, the singer's management company confirmed to CNN on Saturday.

On Friday, a Garda spokesman told the Irish Mirror that a body had been recovered and that police were standing down on a missing-person report for Shane O'Connor.

The "Nothing compares 2U" musician shared a sequence of brief statements on her unverified Twitter account saying her son "decided to end his earthly struggle" and urged others not to do the same.

"My beautiful son, Nevi'im Nesta Ali Shane O'Connor, the very light of my life, decided to end his earthly struggle today and is now with God. May he rest in peace and may no one follow his example. My baby. I love you so much. Please be at peace," O'Connor tweeted.

[vanlassie]

1. Oh no.

[IcyPeas]

4. apparent suicide

https://www.tmz.com/2022/01/08/sinead-oconnor-son-dead-dies-suicide-shane/

17-year-old Shane O'Connor apparently was on suicide watch in an Irish hospital just one day before he took his own life, but someone was able to leave. Sinead wrote the day before Shane's body was found, "Like, how has a seventeen-year-old traumatised young person WHO WAS ON SUICIDE WATCH in Tallaght Hospital's Lynn Ward been able to go missing???"

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Well, That's A Bummer!

I hope she gets through it.
Our next door neighbor's son killed himself at around age 25.
She has not been the same since, and that was over 10 years ago.

[COL Mustard]

14. I'm not sure one gets over the loss of a child

A good friend lost his son several years ago and it's changed him forever.

[Progressive Jones]

18. Never. My parents lost my brother, and never got over it. nt

[panader0]

19. Yeah. An old friend lost his daughter many years ago and it hollowed him out.

He was fragile afterwards. If I lost a child, I probably would be the same.

[MontanaMama]

3. I can't imagine.

[hlthe2b]

5. Very sad. He'd apparently been hospitalized in Irish hospital after one attempt & somehow walked out

[Lefta Dissenter]

6. So, so sad.

I wish he had found a different way to find peace. What a heartbreak.

[SheltieLover]

7. ...

[alittlelark]

8. My 30 something nephew killed himself this summer............................

They made their decisions
WE WERE AT THE HELM -This world is SOOOOOOOO much uglier than it was 40 years ago ...........................


SHE TRIED....... I Cry for Her.

[Demovictory9]

16. oh... I'm so sorry

[LoisB]

9. How sad. I hope he has found peace. Sympathy for Ms. O'Connor.

[mzmolly]

10. So very sad.

[Withywindle]

11. Oh, that's heartbreaking. May they all be at peace.

I lost an old college friend to suicide last year. Her teenage son had committed suicide a few years before. She just couldn't recover from that, and a few years later, she followed.

I don't judge, I just grieve for all the people who are in so much pain that seems the only way to find relief. And for the loved ones they leave behind.

[iluvtennis]

12. Heartbreaking. May her son Rest in Peace and His Memory be a Blessing.

[tiredtoo]

13. Lost my best friend way back in the 1960s

He was gay and being gay at that time was not accepted by most of society. When I first heard the news I pounded my fist into the wall with the thought going thru my mind. When you are dead you are dead forever.

[Richard58]

15. I grieve for her.

I lost two good friends to suicide a couple years ago. They died 6 months apart. One of them suffered from depression but I didn't know it. After a breakup with his girlfriend he hung himself. My other friend had been in an auto accident years ago and was left wheelchair bound. He also suffered from chronic pain the doctors could never figure out the cause of. Or so they said. He was poor and was on disability. I'm convinced they didn't do enough testing on him. Anyway one day he decided he couldn't take the pain anymore and wheeled himself down to the river front to watch the sunrise and then he shot himself. It was heartbreaking and tragic. Myself and others kept wondering if there was something we could have done. Ironically I had seen both my friends a week before their suicides and they seemed in good spirits. They talked about the future and what they were looking forward to. I had no idea they were going to end their lives.
As hard as it was to lose my two friends, I can't imagine losing a son, daughter or parent to suicide. That would have to be the worst of all.

[Dr. Shepper]

22. I'm so sorry

So much pain.

[pandr32]

17. Heart wrenching

The worst kind of pain

[wendyb-NC]

20. Heartbreaking

I'm so sorry for her (and their loved ones) loss.

May Shane R.I.P. May his Mom be comforted, as she grieves for him.

[Marthe48]

21. I'm sad to read this news and to read so many others

have lost people to suicide or know people who do. So devastating for the ones left behind.

[Skittles]

23. oh dear

her mental health seems so fragile, this is just as big a hit as anyone can take

[Lunabell]

24. That's so sad.

He was only 17. RIP

[smirkymonkey]

25. How heartbreaking.

She has suffered from depression most of her life as well and has even attempted suicide herself. I can't imagine what she must be going through.

RIP Shane.