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Artistic coordinator Mel Creek applies the finishing touches on a wax figure of the late singer Sinead O’Connor at the National Wax Museum Plus in Dublin.

‘Something out of the Thunderbirds’: Museum forced to pull wax figure of Sinead O’Connor

The late singer’s brother said it was a “hideous” representation of his sister that also looked like something in a department store window display.

  • Brian Melley

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Sinead O’Connor with English fan Louise Woodcock, getting her head shaved following chemotherapy.

Laughter in the face of death: The unsung story of Sinead O’Connor and a dying fan

Their friendship started with a phone call out of the blue. It grew into a year of laughter, matching buzz cuts and the best week in Louise Woolcock’s short life.

  • Ashleigh McMillan
Sinead O’Connor was a fierce critic of the Irish Catholic Church.

When I met Sinead O’Connor, she looked like a monk who smoked Marlboro Lights

She wanted to rescue God from the church; she sang of healing and compassion and spoke for the voiceless. I loved her.

  • Julia Baird
O’Connor tears up a picture of the Pope during her performance in 1992.

The night Sinead O’Connor took on the pope on television

Under the guise of being a pop star performing a song, O’Connor held court for three minutes on the miseries of discrimination and abuses of power.

  • Jon Caramanica
Sinead O’Connor

We needed you, Sinead, the crazy-brave anti-Barbie

You were unfiltered, unapologetic. The news of your death this morning had me weeping in bed.

  • Michelle Griffin
Sinead O’Connor photographed by Kevin Abosch in Dublin March 2, 2007

Troubled singer’s career defined by emotional hit Nothing Compares 2 U

Sinead O’Connor’s life was a series of public breakdowns and comebacks, bids for attention and escape, and desperate attempts to overcome mental illness through art, love and religion.

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Sinead O’Connor, ahead of closing the Melbourne Festival in 2010 with her Seven Songs to Leave Behind, in 2010.

Sinead O’Connor, gifted and provocative Irish singer, dies aged 56

The Irish singer was known as much for her shaved head and outspoken views on religion, sex, feminism and war as for her music.

  • Sylvia Hui
According to Sinead O’Connor, “when one lives with the devil, one finds out there’s a God”.

The idiosyncrasies, inspirations and horrors of Sinead O’Connor

The Irish singer tells her story of a life full of abuse, genius and struggles.

  • Michael Dwyer
O’Connor pictured in 1992, the year of her infamous SNL appearance.

The moment that killed her career? Sinead O’Connor remembers it differently

The singer’s upcoming memoir sheds light on some of the biggest moments of her career, including the infamous SNL episode.

  • Amanda Hess
'They are disgusting': Sinead O'Connor mouths off on 'white people'

'They are disgusting': Sinead O'Connor mouths off on 'white people'

The Irish singer also tweeted about abuse she has received in recent days.

  • Genevieve Rota

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