President Michael D Higgins praised O’Connor’s “beautiful, unique voice” and her “fearless commitment to the important issues which she brought to public attention, no matter how uncomfortable those truths may have been”
Ireland has lost one of its “greatest and most gifted composers, songwriters and performers” following the death of Sinead O’Connor at the age of 56, the country’s president has said.
“The way in which she was able to move across the different forms of the arts was a singular achievement, as was the way her voice went around the world and how it was received.” The Tanaiste added: “Our hearts goes out to her children, her family, friends and all who knew and loved her. Instead, she wrote the Academy a letter saying the awards “acknowledge mostly the commercial side of art” but that she believed an artist’s purpose was to “inspire and, in some way, guide and heal the human race, of which we are all equal members”.
One of her most notable moments of protest was when she ripped up a photograph of Pope John Paul II while appearing as a guest on Saturday Night Live in 1992. A documentary film, titled Nothing Compares, which tells the story of O’Connor’s rise to fame and the later backlash she faced is due to be broadcast on Sky Documentaries and Now from July 29.
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