'Our priorities are upside down': When Sinéad O'Connor wrote a piece for the Irish Examiner 

The late singer's piece was published in 2013, soon after the constitutional referendum on children's rights 

Sinéad O'Connor in 2012. (Picture: David Corio/Redferns)

In February 2013, Sinéad O’Connor wrote an opinion piece for the Arts/Culture page of the Irish Examiner. It originally came about via the late singer’s visit to Cork to sing at Triskel Christchurch as part of a fundraiser for the city’s Mad Pride event, an event that also served as a tribute to that organisation's founder, John McCarthy. 

The piece for the Irish Examiner was written in the wake of the Children’s Referendum, a vote on an amendment to the Irish Constitution regarding children’s rights. A majority voted in favour of the amendment, but the turnout was, for O’Connor, a disappointingly low 35.5%.