Hi everyone, Naomi here. Like many people I've been reeling since the news of the death of Sinéad O'Connor. I took a moment to share some of my thoughts and a little about Sinéad and who she was - the girl with towering musical gifts who broke out of a Magdalene Laundry to busk on the streets of Dublin and achieved worldwide fame while never losing her soul. Unfortunately, her life was cruel, and she paid the price.



Here are some of the links I mentioned:



Radio Sinéad, a Spotify playlist of 467 songs that she loved and put together to share publicly: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4tJNA0rDI3sdlO5fF2f4jW?si=goXEjQDBQiWD8lLpUopDbg" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4tJNA0rDI3sdlO5fF2f4jW?si=goXEjQDBQiWD8lLpUopDbg</a>



A tribute to Sinéad O'Connor by President Micheal D Higgins <a href="https://president.ie/en/media-library/news-releases/statement-by-president-higgins-on-the-death-of-sinead-oconnor" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://president.ie/en/media-library/news-releases/statement-by-president-higgins-on-the-death-of-sinead-oconnor</a>



Black Boys on Mopeds (1990), by Sinéad O'Connor <a href="https://youtu.be/n14lwdpYkAA" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/n14lwdpYkAA</a>



Sinéad O'Connor explains why she ripped up the picture of the pope on Saturday Night Live <a href="https://youtu.be/b3CuF7B3tIY" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/b3CuF7B3tIY</a>



Sinéad O'Connor faces down a booing crowd at Madison Square Garden, and stands by her remarks about child abuse in the days after her controversial Saturday Night Live Appearance <a href="https://youtu.be/GzxTDHMQza8" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/GzxTDHMQza8</a>



The Prayer of St Francis, 1993 <a href="https://twitter.com/KillianM2/status/1684302806067322883?s=20" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/KillianM2/status/1684302806067322883?s=20</a>



You Made Me the Thief of your Heart (1994) <a href="https://youtu.be/X2SVsV7Wuh4" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/X2SVsV7Wuh4</a>



In her own words, Sinéad O'Connor recounts her experience in a Magdalene Laundry as a teenager <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230329225310/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/sinead-o-connor-on-her-teenage-years-i-steal-everything-i-m-not-a-nice-person-i-m-trouble-1.4560611" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">http://web.archive.org/web/20230329225310/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/sinead-o-connor-on-her-teenage-years-i-steal-everything-i-m-not-a-nice-person-i-m-trouble-1.4560611</a>



A comeback performance in 2019 on RTÉ's Late Late Show in which Sinéad O'Connor proudly appeared in dress and headscarf reflecting the spiritual refuge she found in her conversion to Islam in 2018. <a href="https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2023/0727/1074429-sinead-oconnor-melts-hearts-on-late-late-show/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2023/0727/1074429-sinead-oconnor-melts-hearts-on-late-late-show/</a>

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