The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan loses mother after tragic car crash
Therese MacGowan, who was in her 80s, passed after her car collided with a wall near County Tipperary, in Ireland.
The incident took place at 3pm local time yesterday afternoon and she pronounced dead at the scene.
A post-mortem is expected to take place at Limerick University Hospital soon.
Therese, who was originally from Tipperary, moved to Kent in the UK when Shane was born with her husband Maurice.