The Latest Breaking News from Sinéad OConnor

The death of Sinéad O'Connor (1966-2023), the Irish, singer-songwriter, performer, activist, actor and memoirist, was announced on July 26. She is probably most well-known for her cover of the Prince song, Nothing Compares 2 U. The hit transformed her career but there is so much more to her work that,…

Everything the mainstream debate shrinks from, O’Connor put front and centre, says Guardian columnist Hannah Jane Parkinson

Crowds pack seafront in Bray, County Wicklow, to bid farewell to singer and celebrate her life

The final song of the night was crowd favorite “Give It Away,” illustrating the organic combination of rock, rap and funk that helped earn this band induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

A tribute to late musician Sinéad O’Connor has been unveiled on Bray Head in County Wicklow, Ireland, close to the late singer’s home.

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Installation appears on hillside overlooking seaside town of Bray, where singer is to be buried

It’s been a good week for local radio, from Martin Geissler’s skewering of the PM on BBC Radio Scotland to a Sinéad O’Connor tribute to beat them all

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

Letters: She always had the time to acknowledge a friendly greeting with a smiling hello, Joe McCarthy remembers

Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O’Connor (1966-2023), with her buzz cut, spare music and strident voice against authority, was received differently by all those who knew and loved her