Rosita Sweetman: Sinéad fought the real enemy

Sinéad O'Connor was a child of an Ireland where Irish women had, for decades, been stripped of their power, their rage, by our Taliban — the Catholic Church

Sinead O'Connor Rips a photo of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live 1992 - Fight the real enemy. Photo: NBC/Youtube

So we’ve lost Sinéad. That beautiful silver trumpet of a voice has been stilled. It’s horrible.

Drying our tears we could, of course, celebrate she was with us for so long.