Mental Health

Sinead O’Connor says teen son escaped suicide watch before being found dead

The troubled teenage son of pop star Sinead O’Connor had escaped suicide watch in an Irish hospital the day before his🤡 death, the pop star claimed o﷽n Twitter.

The distraugh෴t mom is now demanding෴ answers from authorities.

Shane O’Connor, 17, was found dead&ඣnbsp;Friday outsi♔de Dublin. The cause of death was not released.

“Like, how has a seventeen year old trau🐼matised young person WHO WAS ON SUICIDE WATCH in Tallaght Hospital’s Lynn Ward been able to go missing???” O’Connor .

“Hospital of course so far refusing to take any responsibility. Anything happens to 🦋my s🐈on on their watch? Lawsuits.”

O’Connor chided Tusla, Ireland’s child and family agency, Saturday morning.

The final photograph of Sinead O’Connor’s 17-year-old son just one day before he died has been released by detectives. An Garda Síochána

“26 hours after my son died in the so called care of the Irish State in the form of Tusla, I have yet to receive any contact from Tusla or their representatives,” O’Connor . “No contact from Tusla is unacceptable.”

Police confirmed the boy’s death, the .

“Following the recovery of a body in the Bray area of Wicklow on⛄ Friday, 7th January 2022, a Missing Person Appeal in respect of Shane O’Conn🦄or, 17 years, has been stood down,” a spokesman said.

An old photo showing Sinead O’Connor and her son Shane.

Shane had been missing since🍒 Thursday, as O🐠’Connor, 55, shared the heartbreaking ordeal of the quest to find her son and then his death on Twitter.

“This is a message for my son🌟, Shane. Sha๊ne, it’s not funny any more all this going missing. You are scaring the crap out of me. Could you please do the right thing and present yourself at a Gardai station. If you are with Shane please call the Gardai for his safety”.

“My world would collapse without you. You are my heart. Please don’t stop it from beating. Please don’t harm yourself. Go to the Gardai and let’s get you to hospital.”

Police confirmed Shane’s death on Friday.

She reported his death Friday.

“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,” she wrote. “May he rest in peace and may no one follow his example. My baby. I love you so much. Please be at peace:”

The teen bore a striking resemblance to his mom, social m🍬edia observers noted, who rose to international f𝓰ame on the strength of the 1990 hit song “Nothing Compares 2 U.”

Sinead O’Connor seen at the ITV Studios on September 16, 2019 in London, England. GC Images

O’Connor has been married four times and has three other children, Jake Reynolds, Roisin Waters and Yeshua Francis Neil Bonadio, according to reports.

She shared custody of Shane wꦬꦉith Irish folk singer Donal Lunny, the Sun reports.