Sinéad O'Connor, 1966-2023 — Icon and iconoclast

'May her spirit find the peace she sought in so many different ways' — President Michael D Higgins

Sinéad O’Connor who has died at the age of 56. Picture: Terry O'Neill/Hulton Archive/Getty

People all over Ireland and further afield stopped what they were doing on Wednesday night in shock and sadness as the news broke that the icon and iconoclast, singer Sinéad O’Connor, had died aged 56.

The acclaimed musician and songwriter shot to worldwide fame in 1990 with her haunting reinterpretation of the Prince song ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’.