Sinéad O’Connor funeral: Tears, tributes and T-shirts in Bray as fans say farewell to rebel with many a cause

A group of mams gathered on a street corner in Bray yesterday morning. Stepping around double buggies, handbags and skittish dogs, they embraced each other. Clutching coffee cups and grinning behind their sunglasses, they were like any other group of mothers meeting up in any other commuter town.