SINEAD

When this writer decided to write a short story about Sinead O’Connor, he literally did not know where to start, but, in spite of that, he decided ‘to begin the begin’. Sinead was a very complex character/ personality, fearless, and at times reckless, caring, larger than life, talented beyond belief. She herself listed the psychological problems she experienced, like the fact that she was diagnosed as bipolar. Although this she later on denied being the case. In the course of this story, the writer hopes to clarify some aspects of Sinead’s life so that the readers can have a more accurate picture. Many aspects of her life have been documented, like the fact that she was abused as a child, by, of all people, her mother.Sinead tore up a picture of the Pope to draw attention to the facts of the widespread clerical abuse in the Roman Catholic Church. She sang what is perhaps the world’s greatest love song ‘Nothing Compares to You’ a cover version of ‘Prince’s’ original. Sinead had several ‘marriages’, which are well documented. She changed her religion a number of times.