The 33-year-old ex-Boyzone singer was was found dead in their apartment in the resort of Port Andrax on the Spanish island of Majorca in the early hours of Saturday.

A post mortem carried out revealed that he died of fluid on the lungsrevealed on Tuesday that he died of fluid on the lungs.

The Boyzone quintet was put together by pop impresario Louis Walsh, who also assembled Girls Aloud and Westlife, and was most popular in Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Britain.

The band split up in 2000 when Ronan Keating set off on a solo career, but they reunited for various events in 2007-2008.