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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Charlotte McLaughlin

Sinead O’Connor was ‘completely fearless in face of conservative Irish society’

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The late Irish singer Sinead O’Connor has been hailed as an activist and singer who was “completely fearless and utterly unafraid” in the face of a “restrictive, conservative and religious” Irish society.

O’Connor, who was propelled to international fame with the cover of the Prince ballad Nothing Compares 2 U in 1990, has died at the age of 56.

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