Sinead O’Connor
Irish Singer-Songwriter; Speaker on Organized Religion, Women's Rights, Suicide & Child Abuse
Shuhada Sadaqat (born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O’Connor) is an Irish singer-songwriter. Her debut album, “The Lion and the Cobra.
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Shuhada Sadaqat (born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O’Connor) is an Irish singer-songwriter. Her debut album, “The Lion and the Cobra,” was released in 1987 and charted internationally. Her second album, “I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got” received glowing reviews upon release and became her biggest success, selling over seven million copies worldwide. Its lead single, “Nothing Compares 2 U” (written by Prince), was named the number one world single in 1990 by the Billboard Music Awards.
She has released ten studio albums: 1992’s “Am I Not Your Girl?” and 1994’s “Universal Mother” both went gold in the UK, 2000’s “Faith and Courage” received gold status in the US, and 2005’s “Throw Down Your Arms” went gold in Ireland. Her work also includes songs for films, collaborations with many other artists, and appearances at charity fundraising concerts. Her 2021’s memoir “Rememberings” was a best seller.
While maintaining her singing career since then she has occasionally encountered controversy, partly due to her statements and gestures. These include her ordination as a priest, despite being a woman with a Roman Catholic background, and expressing strong views on organized religion, women’s rights, war, and child abuse.
In 2017, O’Connor changed her name to Magda Davitt. After converting to Islam in 2018, she changed it to Shuhada’ Sadaqat. However, she continues to record and perform under her birth name.
On 7 January 2022, two days after her 17-year-old son Shane was reported missing from Newbridge, County Kildare, he was found dead at Bray, County Wicklow, by Irish police. O’Connor stated that her son, custody of whom she lost in 2013, had been on “suicide watch” at Tallaght Hospital, and had “ended his earthly struggle”. O’Connor harshly criticized Ireland’s family services agency, Tusla, and the national health authority, the HSE, with regard to their handling of her son’s case.
Three days later, O’Connor apologized to Tusla, saying “Ok, I’m gonna do the right thing here and apologise for my lashing out. Tusla are working with very limited resources. They loved Shane. They are broken-hearted. They are human. I am sorry I have upset them.” She added, “Tusla did their best. We all did: and I am deeply sorry to have blamed anyone.”
In January 2022 a week after the suicide of her 17-year-old son Shane, she herself was then hospitalized on her own volition following a series of tweets in which she indicated she was going to take her own life.
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