SINGER SINÉAD O’Connor is to marry her boyfriend Barry Herridge today in Las Vegas. The wedding will take place on O’Connor’s 45th birthday.
Mr Herridge, who works as a children’s addiction counsellor, will be the singer’s fourth husband.
Her first marriage was to music producer John Reynolds, who co-produced several of her albums. Her second marriage was to journalist Nicholas Sommerlad in 2002. She has four children.
She split from her third husband, Steve Cooney, in March, after eight months.
After her split with Cooney, the mother of four was open about looking for a partner, launching a campaign to find love online via Twitter. She also travelled to this year's Lisdoonvarna matchmaking festival in Co Clare and issued a plea for love on the Late Late Show.
She was interviewed on the Ian Dempsey Breakfast Showon Tuesday morning to promote her forthcoming album but did not reveal anything about the marriage.
However, she rang the show yesterday to say her boyfriend had a “crisis of conscience” and urged her to announce the marriage.
“He loves your show. He said ‘if this leaks out and Ian Dempsey asked you that question and you didn’t tell him, he’s going to shoot himself’,” she said.