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Sinead O’Connor wants to shoot Pope Benedict if he comes to Ireland

Singer’s latest bizarre threat on Twitter calls for a ‘bloodbath’

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James O'Shea,
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer
Published Sunday, September 25, 2011, 7:26 AM
Updated Sunday, September 25, 2011, 7:38 AM

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Sinead O'Connor


Sinead O’Connor has threatened to shoot the pope if he visits Ireland in an expletive loaded assault on Pope Benedict.

Friends now fear for her mental state after her outburst, which has shocked those closest to her.

She warned of a "f ***in bloodbath" if Pope Benedict was to visit Ireland as has been mooted.

Her latest ouburst came on Twitter after a poll was carried out on whether Pope Benedict should visit Ireland.

She warned that there would be a "f **kin bloodbath". She tweeted "'Young people of Ireland I love u' said Sinead as she pulled the f ***ing trigger,"

‘Young People of Ireland I love You” is the phrase made famous by Pope John Paul 11 when he came to Ireland in 1979

Sinead also wrote; "There'd be a f**kin bloodbath. Me meet the f **ker off the plane myself," she added.

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O’Connor is infamous for tearing up a photo of Pope John Paul on Saturday Night Live in 1992 when she showed a photo of Pope John Paul II to the camera while chanting the word "evil", after which she tore the photo into pieces, and said "Fight the real enemy."

A senior bishop in the Celtic Church, who also left the priesthood and has been critical of the pope took issue with Sinead in the  Evening Herald newspaper.

Antrim Bishop Pat Buckley today stated the comments were "extreme" "This is extreme language and it's very worrying," he said.

"I spoke to Sinead a while ago and she's an incredibly talented person. She's a genius in fact. But she's clearly very vulnerable. We cannot condone that type of language, they are very extreme words to use.

"I would hope that if there are people close to her, that they will support her during this time. She appears by her comments that she's near the edge."

Earlier this month O’Connor stated that she wanted to commit suicide after the breakup of her third marriage.

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MissSusie | Apr 06, 2012, 01:41 AM EDT
Sinead - don't kill yourself. Think of your kids!!!

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MissSusie | Apr 06, 2012, 01:34 AM EDT
Sinead is not crazy! She has to learn to express differently. She also was mad at PJPII back in the 1980s. Horrible picture of her, also.

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shamrockfm | Oct 04, 2011, 02:15 PM EDT
Sinead, as i said to you recently on National Radio...I'd really like to be right behind you! Yet. I think a Nice Man can realy sort you out, TRY author John J May, He likes you! alanhunter@dublin.ie

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gardengal | Oct 01, 2011, 03:14 AM EDT
Nice.

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oldboreen | Sep 28, 2011, 08:40 AM EDT
Will someone explain please, preferably someone with legal knowledge (not to mention medical knowledge!)Sinead has made it known on the internet, that she intends to kill the Pope. Should not the Garda be taking this threat very seriously indeed? Has she not already commited an offence? OK, she may be mentally unbalanced, but until that is certain,we have to assume she intends to carry out her threat whilst in full command of her faculties. Either way--arrest her now-not least for her own good.

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JimMcGarity | Sep 27, 2011, 10:54 PM EDT
Don't know her. I guess she is no one!

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warrenpoint00 | Sep 27, 2011, 05:45 PM EDT
Sweet jasus Sinead your not safe to be around atall, what if you miss big Ben and wing an ordinary 5/8th

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mamaginnty | Sep 27, 2011, 02:11 PM EDT
Will you all just read back on your own comments, Sinead just made a bloody comment, and as Sinead would say ( most of you here need f.....g treatment )

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lonejourney1 | Sep 27, 2011, 09:38 AM EDT
This one is crazier than a sh*thouse rat!!!! She needs an immediate intervention and heavy medication!

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LacarourSeanB | Sep 26, 2011, 11:35 PM EDT
That sort both language and sentiment is as dangerous as it is wrong. Poor woman. So sad. I'm certain the the Pope would and perhaps does pray for her. Does she pray for the Pope? Does she pray at all. I pray for them both. I invite you all to join me here.

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sirpeter | Sep 26, 2011, 06:22 PM EDT
@Gobshite.You're showing all the signs of inbreeding yourself

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minstrel312 | Sep 26, 2011, 12:09 PM EDT
Sinead's a flipping twit and he's starting to sound a lot like Mel Gibson. I'm only half-Irish but I'm proud of that half and this sorry shamrock does not speak for THIS McGuire.

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minstrel312 | Sep 26, 2011, 10:17 AM EDT
The treat to kill another is a crime. Was she arrested?

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oldboreen | Sep 26, 2011, 10:06 AM EDT
'Celtic Church?'Has that been reformed? No one told me! When was that? Sinead is merely 'performing again'- it's what she does; so much cheaper than hiring a publicity manager. Apart from possibly Madonna, Sinead is the ultimate self-publicist. We may confidently expect more!

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maryosullivan | Sep 26, 2011, 09:49 AM EDT
Odd isn't it everyone know about Sinead's tearing up the Pope's picture, I expect it's due to the constant reminder of it every time her name arrears in the the news. What I find odd is, if this is such an atrocity why isn't Paisley's tearing up the Pope's picture mentioned when his name is in the news, and he was a politician at the time. Sinead is an entertainer without the same responsibility to the public

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