Sinead O'Connor's 17/yo son dies by suicide

[Ponyo99]

Terribly sad news.

Apparently he'd been on suicide watch in a care facility but he managed to leave and go missing before being found deceased.

RIP.

Just awful. Her social media messages pleading to him are just heart breaking.
A terribly sad loss of a beautiful boy.

So terribly sad ...

I cannot imagine the magnitude of her grief. Her poor, beautiful boy.

I read this when the news broke yesterday. An incredibly sad situation for any parent and impossible to bear.

I fear for what's going to happen to her now. Her own mental health has been very fragile for many years and she's been in and out of hospitals. She appears in the media to have been more stable since converting to Islam in 2018 however none of us really know how true that is. I hope she can turn to her God at this time as it's a comfort for her, and pray she finds a way through this.

Absolutely devastating.

My friend died by overdose in a MH facility
It's so sad that even being in such a place doesn't always protect people.
I'm not a fan of hers but this is so awful.
She has other children too doesn't she? How awful for them. :(

Goodness. How terribly sad 😞

I do feel sorry for her. She's not had the best hand in life. How did he manage to abscond :(

@BruceBogtrottersWife

I do feel sorry for her. She's not had the best hand in life. How did he manage to abscond :(

Obviously I don't know the details,but I used to be a mental health nurse in acute in patient care , some people do abscond ,some people are very determined I have known patients climb fences etc . This is such a tragic case he was only 17 😢

This is heartbreaking, absolutely desperately heartbreaking. She has had such a challenging life and Shane was so loved.

Aww that poor boy, and Sinead 😢

He was a beautiful boy so like Sinead it's heartbreaking for her ,she's also very fragile in her own mental health 😢

I can’t imagine her pain. To have your child somewhere that is supposed to help them and to lose him. It’s unbearable.

Dreadfully sad, she is a troubled soul herself and its been so sad to see her mental illness documented in the press. `I hope she is left alone to grieve.
Awful.

It's heartbreaking,I read she has three other children so I hope they can bring her comfort, I can't imagine it's just very sad .

Heartbreaking. I hope she’ll be well looked after herself at this terribly sad time.

So very sad. That poor family. RIP beautiful boy.

@BruceBogtrottersWife

I do feel sorry for her. She's not had the best hand in life. How did he manage to abscond :(

Shane was on suicide watch in a secure psychiatric facility. It can't have been as secure as it was supposed to be. Sinead's tweets are absolutely heartbreaking, it seems as though the Irish version of CAMHS have a lot to answer for.

My heart also goes out to his father Donal Lunny.

He wasn’t in a secure psychiatric facility . She referred to the name of the ward and hospital on Twitter . It’s a standard adult ward in a general hospital .

Ah okay. I don't use twitter, keep meaning to!

I wonder where people(including me) have heard that from.
R.I.P Shane :(