United Kingdom, May 4 -- Boy George applied for an Irish passport to honour to his late mother.

The Culture Club singer - real name George O'Dowd - was born and raised in London and always had a British passport, but he decided to make a change and honour his family's Irish history after his mom Dinah died in 2023.

He told The Telegraph newspaper: "I lost my connection to Ireland when my mum died. She was the connection to all my family in Ireland, and we lost that. I thought she would love the fact that I had an Irish passport."

Boy George, 64, also revealed he used the new document for the first time recently when he flew to Dublin for a series of promotional events alongside hat designer Philip Treacy.

He added: "I used it for the ...