Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor
The multidisciplinary Dublin artist is part of the exhibition Skin/Deep: Perspectives on the Body, at Photo Museum Ireland and has designed three new T-shirts for Medical Aid for Palestinians
Teenage son of musicians Sinéad O’Connor and Dónal Lunny died by suicide in January 2022
Son of musicians Sinéad O’Connor and Dónal Lunny absconded from Tallaght University Hospital less than 24 hours before his death on January 7th, 2022
Nick Cave: Interplay between singer and instrument-bashing foil Warren Ellis helps to drive this spectacular show
Sharon Horgan on series two of Bad Sisters, grieving her father on set, coping with menopause and stretching her acting muscles
The performance artist, musician and drag experimentalist is bringing her reimagining of the late Irish singer’s first album to Dublin
Ecce Homo, the singer’s new album, is not just the best record of his significant solo career but also an account of a life less ordinary
The first is a tabloid-style litany of mayhem offering little insight; the second presents a much more rounded picture of a woman who was far too often stereotyped and scorned
Singer showed solidarity to O’Connor following her infamous Saturday Night Live appearance in 1992
Ahead of the 18th Bad Seeds studio album, Cave shares expansive thoughts on grief, the ‘angel’ Shane MacGowan and the beauty of the world
Irish artist and activist died in July 2023 aged 56 at her London home after police found her ‘unresponsive’
The museum will instead launch a new project to ‘create a more accurate representation’ of the singer
Opinion: I don’t know what that is, but it sure as hell is not Sinéad O’Connor
A new wax statue of the singer was unveiled at the National Wax Museum, to mark the anniversary of her death
Jazzy and Dolores O’Riordan of The Cranberries were the only women in the top 100 songs played
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan knows what it’s like to face a backlash. In Sinéad O’Connor, he says, he has also seen music at its purest
It’s summer festival time again. As we retrieve our wellies and thermal sleeping bags, what better moment to rank great Irish highlights of the past?
Annie Clark’s ever-morphing, visionary pop has won her consistent acclaim. She’s now inspiring young artists from The Last Dinner Party to Olivia Rodrigo
Insightful essays excavate the magic of music in Ireland and its creative realm
Queer horrorcore act features dancers in papal hats, cones of aluminium foil and one-shouldered unitards
Róisín Waters was joined by several artists honouring O’Connor and Shane MacGowan at Carnegie Hall
Welsh-born musician and songwriter penned songs including Ship of Fools and Put the Message in the Box
Estate says O’Connor, who died last July aged 56, would have been ‘disgusted, hurt, and insulted’
Singer, who died last July, is among 15 artists who have been nominated this year
The New York-born artist, who is about to give a rare Irish performance, has reinvented vocalisation from the ground up and inside out
Plus: Libel lawyer Paul Tweed’s mystery High Court action and sports agent Conor Ridge’s bid for solace
The Northern Irish singer-songwriter goes back to his roots for this intriguing mix of mongrel folk and spoken word
Sinéad O’Connor’s body was found in a flat near Brixton last July, weeks after the Irish singer-songwriter moved to London
Television: Dignified RTÉ profile of singer, featuring contributions from Imelda May, Christy Moore and more, tells story honestly and without pretension
The Irish Times’s obituary writers have marked the deaths of more than 150 people this year. Here are 50 of the best known
IT Sunday: Death of Sinéad O’Connor, Dublin riots and RTÉ pay scandal were just some of the stories to hold readers’ attention this year
Death of Sinéad O’Connor, Dublin riots and RTÉ pay scandal were just some of the stories to hold readers’ attention this year
It’s okay to gloat about our artistic accomplishments, fruits of a period of social turmoil
Their record Haunted, sung by MacGowan and O’Connor in 1995, is now a classic
The DJ, producer and sountrack composer is releasing his first solo album for 15 years. He’d also like to release the songs he made with the late singer
Emer McLysaght: Matthew Perry was our friend too. To have such a cultural impact on a whole generation is truly astounding
The mood is folk horror meets Krautrock and Celtic folk in the experimental supergroup formed from Lankum and Percolator
The best music, art, literature and more coming your way between Saturday, October 14th, and Friday, October 20th
For Jonny Pierce, of the cult alternative band The Drums, posing naked in an empty house full of traumatic memories was an act of reclamation
If a woman’s contribution to the history and formation of this island is not big enough to stand alongside men, then perhaps it is not big enough to warrant a place in a museum at all
Have Your Say: The Cabinet has approved plans to examine the establishment of a museum to highlight the achievements of women
Singer gave The Woman In The Wall permission to use song before she died
Crocs on the catwalk at Rocha’s fashion show while Pam Hogg dedicates presentation to Sinéad O’Connor
A tradition of linking historical progress to spiritual growth might not be fashionable, but O'Connor deeply understood its merit
The Throwing Muses singer never liked the major-label music business or being pigeonholed – just like her old friend Sinéad O’Connor
The four-time Oscar nominee from Ireland says she does not take for granted ‘the incredible stock’ she comes from
As the country remembers Sinéad O’Connor. the RTÉ presenter knows how to let the music do the talking
Eulogy for Sister Shuhada Sinéad O’Connor by Shaykh Dr Umar Al-Qadri, Chief Imam Islamic Centre of Ireland
They came from far and wide, from all backgrounds and communities, to pay tribute to a singular singer as she was laid to rest
President, Taoiseach, Bob Geldof, Bono and the Edge attend singer’s private funeral service
Admirers of late Irish singer throng Bray seafront to pay their final respects as she is laid to rest
Members of the public have been invited to say farewell to singer in Co Wicklow town on Tuesday morning ahead of private burial
The mood was celebration rather than grief as artists performed covers of the singer’s hits
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
