Bob Geldof and Bono among mourners at Sinéad O’Connor’s funeral

nme.com:

Sinead O’Connor in the Irish town of Bray, with Bob Geldof and Bono among those paying tribute.Details of her funeral were shared yesterday (August 7), with fans invited to say a “last goodbye” to the singer and activist as a procession followed a route along the seafront in Bray, County Wicklow.Starting earlier this morning (August 8), the cortege began at the Harbour Bar continued to the other end of Strand Road.

It also stopped by the house where O’Connor lived for 15 years, and a private burial ceremony is soon to follow.For the event, thousands of fans came out to bid farewell to the ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ singer and pay their respects.

In an update shared by BBC, it was reported that many walked behind the hearse, some throwing flowers and some with their heads bowed.Among those sighted at the tribute included U2’s frontman Bono, Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar and Irish President Michael D Higgins.

At the event, the latter said that the sheer amount of people arriving for the funeral cortege “demonstrates the profound impact which she had on the Irish people” (via BBC News).The Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof was also seen, riding in a white taxi as part of the funeral cortege, passing mourners lined outside the late singer’s former home.His appearance this morning follows the on-stage tribute he paid to O’Connor while at Cavan Calling festival in Ireland on July 31.