Respects being paid to Dolores O'Riordan in Limerick

Dolores O'Riordan will lie in repose until 4pm at St Jospehs Church on O'Connell Avenue, where members of the public have arrived to pay their respects

Members of the public are paying their respects to Dolores O'Riordan in Limerick city this afternoon, where the late Cranberries singer is lying in repose at St Joseph's Church until 4pm.

Dolores O'Riordan's mother, as well as her five brothers and sister accompanied her body to the church on O'Connell Avenue in Limerick, where Bishop of Limerick Brendan Leahy met them.

Hundreds of people are continuing to queue outside the church to file past the open coffin and pay their respects.

Bishop Leahy said today was Limerick's public moment to bid farewell to Dolores.

He said people had come to offer a heartfelt greeting to a deeply loved and cherished daughter of Limerick, a talented representation of the potential of Limerick people, and a convinced advocate of living life in truth, love and peace.

Her remains will also repose at Cross's Funeral Home in Ballyneety, Limerick, tomorrow from 4pm, followed by removal at 8pm to Saint Ailbe's Church in her native Ballybricken.

The 46-year-old was found dead in a London hotel on Monday.

Her funeral mass will take place on Tuesday morning in St Ailbe's Church. 

A private family burial will follow the mass.   RT