in the coastal town of bray, near dublin, to say farewell to the star. the procession passed her former home. from there here s our reporter sara girvin. they have been singing, sharing memories of the singer. 0ne fan said she got up at 2am this morning to travel here. another couple have just stopped us to show us pictures of their grandchildren with the staff. this is how important it was for people to be here today. after a private service this morning, just after an hour ago, they pass through this coastal road, past her home. music had been playing up until that point. people had been singing. but when the car got here, you could have heard the pin drop after rounds of applause. people were throwing flowers at the vehicle. really
speaking about the gulf war, and child abuse, poverty, the guildford fourin child abuse, poverty, the guildford four in which four people were wrongly accused of ira bombings. the interview was after, only one year after nothing compares, that is the song that propelled her to international stardom. you would have forgiven her for riding the wave, living the high life after a song of that magnitude. but she chose to draw your attention to what she felt were the injustices of that time. what does that tell us about the kind of person that sinead o connor was? she the kind of person that sinead o connor was? the kind of person that sinead o connor was? ,, ., , ., ., o connor was? she was the target of vitriol, public o connor was? she was the target of vitriol, public protest o connor was? she was the target of vitriol, public protest for o connor was? she was the target of vitriol, public protest for telling i vitriol, public protest for telling the truth. the public was targetin
becoming more discern about what they spend. that becoming more discern about what the send. . .,, becoming more discern about what they spend- they spend. at least the weather looks set to they spend. at least the weather looks set to improvement - they spend. at least the weather looks set to improvement for i they spend. at least the weather i looks set to improvement for many businesses that can t come soon enough. the time is 6:16 pm. our top story this evening: thousands of mourners gather to remember sinead o connor, at the singer s funeral in the irish town of bray. and laurenjames apologises for her red card behaviour during england s women s world cup match against nigeria. coming up on bbc news. laura james apologises for the red car during england s win over nigeria at the women s world cup. sent off for stomping on the back of a player in the suspended for saturday quarterfinals. for the first time in nearly half a century, south american leaders are meeting to discuss
in hotels. in north korea, there is a forced evacuation of those attending the scout jamboree. the typhoon is expected to hit thursday and hundreds of teenagers had fallen ill at the event due to a sweltering heat wave. this sounds like a fun event. the government says it will find ways to continue to jamboree for the remaining five days. thousands of people lined the streets to pay respects to singer and activist sinead o connor, as the procession passed where she lived for 15 years and she was later laid to rest. and now, meeting for the first time after charging him last week, the grand jury is back at it. what could that mean now?
take place in ireland later today. the musician and activist, who died aged 56 last month, was first propelled to stardom in 1990 with her version of nothing compares 2 u. 0ur ireland correspondent sara girvin has more. if there was ever any doubt about how ireland felt about sinead o connor, this tribute said it all. in letters nine metres tall, eire loves sinead appeared on a hillside overlooking the seaside town of bray in county wicklow, the singer s home for 15 years. those behind it said it was important for ireland to say goodbye. her story is intertwined with ours over the last couple of decades, and to see how much she s helped change this country and see how much this country has changed, because of sinead and because of so many other people that have followed in her path, i think it was just a really. we just felt like it needed to be said.