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Sinead O'Connor has congratulated Pope Benedict on his resignation (IrishCentral)

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 05:31:33 PST

Sinead O'Connor The pontiff will leave his role as the had of the Catholic Church at the end of the month and Sinead – whose issues with the church have been well documented – believes it is a good decisionShe wrote on her website: “I would like to congratulate Pope Benedict on his wise decision to retire before the very worst of what has been going on is discovered I appreciate his alluding to some of it in his statement and assure him The Most High forgives those who can faithfully say they did wrong”Sinead insisted retiring is the pope's greatest achievement READ MORE

Sinead O'Connor encourages her children to stay 'true' to themselves (IrishCentral)

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 05:46:25 PST

Sinead O'ConnorThe 'Nothing Compares 2 U' singer - who has children Jake, 24, Roisin, 16, Shane, eight, and Yeshua, six, from previous relationships - makes sure her offspring know how important it is to follow their dreams and not change to please anyone else because they are the most important things in lifeSpeaking on British TV show 'Lorraine' show, Sinead said: "I always say to my kids the only purpose God put you on earth for is to be you 100 percent To be who you are, that's success"Sometimes that means you may not have fame or a good name or money or stuff but that's not necessarily success, do you know what I mean? It's really can you be yourself and be true to your contract READ MORE

Sinead O'Connor says she won't date anyone ‘whose mother isn't dead’ (IrishCentral)

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 05:16:15 PST

Sinead O'ConnorThe 'Nothing Compares 2 U' singer - who has been married four times - is upset by people's attitudes to sex in her native Ireland, and has created an unusual new dating rule for herselfShe said: "You're not allowed to talk about sex in Ireland The last four boyfriends I've had, their mothers have refused to meet me because I wrote articles about sex Now I have a rule - I don't go out with anyone whose mother isn't dead READ MORE

Sinead O'Connor believes sex is "godly" (IrishCentral)

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 04:30:29 PST

Sinead O'ConnorThe 'Nothing Compares 2 U' singer - who has previously hit out at the Catholic Church, ripping up a picture of the Pope on live television - admits she has a "filthy" side but does not believe sex in any form should be "shameful"She said: "I can talk about anything To me, I may be rude and filthy; I'm also very sweet, and very loving and very affectionate"To me, sex is a godly, sacred thing READ MORE

Irish singer Sinead O’Connor is in love again after short marriage to counselor Barry Herridge (IrishCentral)

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:31:32 PST

Sinead O'Connor finds love yet againSinead O’Connor has been unlucky in love – that’s a fair thing to say when you’ve got four busted marriages behind you, right? – but that doesn’t mean she’s giving up on meeting her dream guyThough it was only 11 months ago since she wed Irish drugs counselor Barry Herridge in a quickie Vegas ceremony – that one lasted slightly longer than a Kim Kardashian marriage – Sinead, 45, is back in the game with an anthropologist she met while helping him with his thesis“He’s gorgeous, lovely and sexy and really nice to me I’ve been very lucky with boyfriends,” Sinead told the Irish Sun about her new guy, who she only refers to as David READ MORE

Sinead O'Connor reveals what inspired her to rip up picture of pope -- VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 05:07:49 PDT

By: DARA KELLY

Sinead O'Connor has revealed that English TV program 'Top of the Pops' inspired her to rip up a picture of the pope on Saturday Night Live in 1992. It was a hugely controversial act.

Sinead O’Connor carves name of Russian punk rock group into her hair (IrishCentral)

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 06:38:00 PDT

By: JAMES O'SHEA

Singer Sinead O'Connor now has the words "Free Pussy Riot" shaved into her famous short hair.

Sinead O’Connor and The Rubberbandits big fans of each other, exchange banter on Twitter (IrishCentral)

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 02:31:22 PDT

The Rubberbandits pose outside Ireland's House of ParliamentSinead O’Connor, who has only recently resurrected on Twitter under the handle @NoMansWoman, has been Tweeting back and forth with Limerick’s own hip-hop comedy duo The RubberbanditsOn Sunday, The Rubberbandits (@Rubberbandits) tweeted to Sinead O’Connor (@NoMansWoman) saying “we're in Edinburgh discussing your work, and we've decided that we love you”O’Connor responded only moments later: “@Rubberbandits I was in Waterford discussing YOUR work only last night! and have always loved you! Can I be the slut in ur next video?”The Rubberbandits replied to O’Connor’s offer saying simply: “@NoMansWoman yes you most definitely can”O’Connor followed up with: “@Rubberbandits am happy to be evil witch too READ MORE

Sinead O’Connor says petty crime could have been her career (IrishCentral)

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 06:01:27 PDT

Sinead O'Connor Sinead O’Connor could have been wearing pinstripes if it wasn’t for her music career, she saysIn an interview broadcast last Sunday on the BBC, O’Connor said that she didn’t have talent to pursue any other vocation "There were a lot of good things about [early fame] – I was going to make a living being a singer, which was great, because I couldn't do anything else and I was headed down a sort of, pretty criminal path and if I hadn't got rescued by music, I probably could have ended up in trouble,” she saidShe’s certainly caused a lot of that during her career, now in its fourth decade – the biggest trouble coming after she shredded a picture of the Pope on Saturday Night Live in 1992 READ MORE

Sinead O’Connor to pay tribute to Curtis Mayfield in New York City (IrishCentral)

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 07:16:21 PDT

Sinead O'ConnorThe one and only Sinead O’Connor makes her only New York stage appearance this summer at Lincoln Center Festival’s tribute to the late soul music legend Curtis Mayfield on Friday, July 20, in Avery Fisher Hall Previously announced performers include the Roots, Bilal, Meshell Ndegeocello, William Bell, Ryan Montbleau, Mavis Staples and othersO’Connor has called Mayfield “my absolute musical hero, along with Dylan and Marley” She cites his album There’s No Place Like America Today as one of her all-time favorites, and recorded his song “We Who are Darker Than Blue READ MORE

Sinead O’Connor backs off criticism of Bono over speaking role (IrishCentral)

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:59:58 PDT

By: HILDA HIGGINS

Sinead O’Connor has removed Bono from her rapid line of nasty Twitter fire and is instead blaming the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs for telling her she couldn’t speak at a Monday ceremony in Dublin that honored Burmese Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi.

Sinead O’Connor slams Bono, Bob Geldof as “bozo” and “lily livered cowards” (IrishCentral)

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 04:09:17 PDT

By: JAMES O'SHEA

Sinead O’Connor has launched an extraordinary attack on Bono and Bob Geldof after she claims they refused to let her speak at an Amnesty concert for Nobel Prize winner Aung Suu Kyi in Dublin on Monday. She referred to Bono as “Bozo” in her attack made on Twitter.

After release of excellent album overwhelmed Sinead O’Connor nixes US tour (IrishCentral)

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:15:18 PDT

Sinead O'Connor (Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)Sinead O’Connor has cancelled her entire 2012 tour due to health problems This includes a 12-date North American trek in support of her newest CD, How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?This is a shame because the new disc is excellent and it went Top 10 in Ireland and Top 40 in theUK READ MORE

Troubled Sinead O’Connor cancels tour and quits show-business ‘forever’ (IrishCentral)

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:10:47 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Sinead O’Connor has stunned fans yet again – after cancelling her upcoming tour and quitting showbiz for good.

Sinead O’Connor writes open letter to family of murdered teen, Trayvon Martin (IrishCentral)

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:43:06 PDT

By: BERNIE MALONE

Irish singer songwriter Sinead O’Connor has posted an open letter to Trayvon Martin’s family on her website. The controversial singer expressed her sympathy towards the Martin family whose teenage son was shot in Sanford, Florida by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, who claims he did so in self-defense.

The Irish divas are back - Sinead O’Connor and Cranberries Dolores O’Riordan return - VIDEOS (IrishCentral)

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:45:22 PST

Sinead O'ConnorSinead O’Connor and Dolores O’Riordan, two of Ireland’s greatest female rock singers, released albums these past couple of weeksBecause of her high profile, it’s a safe bet that O’Connor’s How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? will get the most attention O’Connor has been a darling of the tabloids for most of her career, but this last year was extraordinary even for her standardsSince last summer her life has been one drama after another READ MORE

Sinead O’Connor launches her new album "How About I Be Me (And You Be You?)" in the US (IrishCentral)

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:41:32 PST

By: DEBBIE MCGOLDRICK

She's baaaack . . . then again, with all her recent public ups and downs, it feels like Sinead O’Connor has never really been away.

Sinead O'Connor's new album "How About I Be Me (And You Be You?)" is "all down to the c**k" - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:15:18 PST

Sinead O'ConnorThe singer – who released her new LP 'How About I Be Me (And You Be You?) earlier this week – hopes people who are listening to it are taken on a journey, but admits essentially it boils down to one thing, sexShe told The Word magazine: "I always liked the idea that you listened to my records like reading the diaries of someone recovering from very severe abuse"A journey documented musically, and the whole point of the journey is to get happy There's no point taking the journey if, at the end of it, you're going to be f**king miserable READ MORE

The fame game is a double-edged sword - reality television, Twitter and Facebook bite back (IrishCentral)

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:00:23 PST

Georgia Salpa - Irish model in "Celebrity Big Brother"Channel Five’s Celebrity Big Brother has once again underlined the extent to which the term ‘celebrity’ has become meaningless Full of the usual mix of fame hungry has-beens and wannabes, the show is simply a circus showing the inflated and often fragile egos of the contestants as they contrive to win the affections of the viewershipThe depths some people will go to gain notoriety or ‘fame’ is incredible, just ask Natasha Giggs You would think after being caught having an affair with her husband’s brother, Ryan Giggs, she would want to lay low for a while READ MORE

'The Tart with the Cart' and 'The Floozie in the Jacuzzi' - are Dubliners too rude? - VIDEOS (IrishCentral)

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 06:00:26 PDT

Determined to take on the culture of Dublin despite the rainAfter landing in Dublin with the hopes of uncovering its arts and literary scene, ‘Gaelic Girl’ Grace is shocked to learn some randy, crude and colorful expressions for Dublin’s beloved Celtic music, mythology and folklore found a way into my heart from a very young ageYou see, I was brought up in a wonderfully Irish American home that embraced our heritage and, as you can imagine, (or maybe you can’t), Enya was always playing in our car and our home was filled with books from great Irish writersYou would think that life on the Pacific Coast would be vastly different from Ireland However, when I arrived in Dublin and stepped out into a dreary, drizzly day, I realized they may have more in common than I had originally thought!Although I was bleary-eyed with jetlag, I was also filled with excitement, like a child on Christmas morning READ MORE