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    Mute Pat Nolan
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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:19 PM

    She really needs some professional help

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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:26 PM

    @Pat Nolan: good lad pat

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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:37 PM

    @Sinead O’Connor: “I am 52. I grew up in a very different Ireland to the one that exists now and it was a very oppressed country religiously speaking, and everybody was miserable; nobody was getting any joy in God.”

    So your answer was to switch to another man made religion that oppresses their congregation, especially their female members and its now the 21st century???

    I hope she overcomes her demons, its like watching a train-wreck occur in slow motion.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 4:17 PM

    @Pat Nolan: I’m sure she is getting that help. Ridiculous thing to say. She needs people to not stigmatize her mental health. Good man

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    Sep 8th 2019, 4:52 PM

    @Barry Zuckerkorn: mad for pipe

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    Mute Billy McNamara
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    Sep 8th 2019, 5:38 PM

    @Pat Nolan: Former Sister/Priest (I’m not too sure) Sinead is beyond this.Why are the media continuing to give her all this coverage.Poor lady is CRACKERS. And yet every time she converts to another religion it makes headlines on the Journal/Independant .Who cares what she is? Not news.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 6:00 PM

    @Jill Murphy: We need RTE to keep her off the air…… it’s a complete joke !

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    Sep 8th 2019, 6:00 PM

    @Pat Nolan: She’s beyond help.Seems like she’s just looking to keep her name out there with all these religious conversions.Why are the media continuing to give this person such headline coverage? Who cares?

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    Sep 8th 2019, 6:32 PM

    @Pat Nolan: why does it bother ppl so much? Why are ppl chastising her? Why are ppl slagging off her mental health? The news is that she’s selling off her personal belongings for a good cause. We all know Sineads inner turmoil, why can’t she be applauded for doing something positive instead of being slagged off?

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    Sep 8th 2019, 7:45 PM

    @Billy McNamara: can you list off all those religious conversions for us?

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    Sep 8th 2019, 8:51 PM

    @James Wallace:

    Catholic
    Buddhism
    Rastafarian (not really a religion, but…..)
    Islam

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    Sep 8th 2019, 8:52 PM

    @Pat Nolan:
    “…everyone was miserable”

    I wasn’t.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 10:48 PM

    @Jill Murphy: is rte not giving her a platform to mock her illness

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    Sep 8th 2019, 11:55 PM

    @Pat Nolan: maybe she has just gotten help and she’s acting normal now!!? Apart from the Muslim junk

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    Sep 9th 2019, 12:06 AM

    @Chin Feeyin: Priest.!!

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    Sep 9th 2019, 7:56 AM

    @Pat Nolan: Maybe she has got it Pat & this is her now. Fair play to her.

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    Sep 9th 2019, 9:55 AM

    @John Walsh: if anybody bothered to watch the interview they’d know that she actually has just taken different parts from a few religions that she feels help her. No harm in that. She also said like followers of all faiths there are parts of each of those religions she strongly disagrees with. She seems happy. Leave her off.

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    Sep 9th 2019, 1:39 PM

    @Pat Nolan: people with bipolar don’t get much help in this country. Same with most mental health issues tbh. We seriously need to up our game in that regard if we want to save lives and help people.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:36 PM

    Lovely singing voice, but a complete space cadet. Needs medical help.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:43 PM

    @Seamus Gallen: she has been in mental institutions in the past. She has had medical help for her mental illness most of her adult life. So you are factually correct. Good diagnosing, man, you should be proud.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 4:22 PM

    @Darren: medical professional, are we?

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    Sep 8th 2019, 4:28 PM

    @James Wallace: No im a realist.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 5:02 PM

    @Darren: you spelled clueless wrong

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    Sep 8th 2019, 5:06 PM

    @TheGreyMan: #You

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    Sep 8th 2019, 5:37 PM

    @Darren: does the same apply to other religions?

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    Sep 8th 2019, 6:34 PM

    @GrahamMManning: they’re all as mad as each other. Islam is a handy slag though. Bring mental health into and it writes itself. Lazy.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 7:35 PM

    @Darren: no pet, you’re ignorant.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 8:23 PM

    @Seamus Gallen: Lovely singing voice?? I thought she was dreadful…off key, could not reach nor hold the notes as she did in the original version of Nothing Compares to You. I know its over 20 years later but my God….the rave reviews were totally undeserved. Never mind her mental health…thats her own business unless she makes it public knowledge which she has done on several occasions! But her voice is gone…she should just knock the singing in public on the head now and concentrate on other things that will make her feel happy and fulfilled.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:34 PM

    Attention seeker

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    Sep 8th 2019, 4:20 PM

    @Leo Lalor: shut your ignorant mouth. Cheers

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    Sep 8th 2019, 4:47 PM

    @Jill Murphy:
    Triggered?

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    Sep 9th 2019, 1:42 PM

    @Leo Lalor: couldn’t you say the same for all performers…?

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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:33 PM

    It’s one thing to grow up and be indoctrinated in a religion from birth, but to actively seek out an ideology best suited to a thousand years? No thanks.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 6:13 PM

    @Shane McGettrick: She seems happier now than she has done for years. Religion wouldn’t be my bag at all but I try not to criticize others who can garner something positive from it. Can I suggest we all just leave her do it and let her live her life as she sees fit?

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    Sep 8th 2019, 7:50 PM

    @De Zach Same: Of course she’s free to do as she wants, I’m just curious in general about the thought process behind actively seeking out and subscribing to a ideology that predates modern civilisation.

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    Sep 9th 2019, 12:15 PM

    @Shane McGettrick: the need for belief in a bigger picture.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:24 PM

    Sweet Jesus! Will it ever end?

    How long must we suffer her madness….

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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:33 PM

    @London-Irish Senator: If she can keep banging out the songs like on the Late late then suffer we will.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:31 PM

    Shared 4000 times on Twitter, is that supposed to be a lot? She is off her dial, fact.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:40 PM

    @Tim O’Brien: yes it’s called mental illness. It’s not news that she suffers from episodes of it. So if ‘off her dial’ is a euphemism for that, you are factually correct, just not very sympathetic. No wonder there is still a stigma around the topic.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:53 PM

    @James Wallace: you’re incorrect, its not mental illness, its actually called attention seekingitis.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:57 PM

    @Tim O’Brien: She suffers from Bipolar Disorder. I watched a friend battle this illness and I pity anyone who does because it is horrendous, for both the person and their loved ones. Comments like yours do not help.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 4:01 PM

    @FrustratedASDMum: clearly James is very qualified in mental health and can tell she’s fine.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 4:12 PM

    @FrustratedASDMum: bi polar, an excuse to say and do whatever you like , self indulgent nonsense.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 4:15 PM

    @Tim O’Brien: just like you’re doing right now?

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    Sep 8th 2019, 4:20 PM

    @James Wallace: yeah, sorry, I’m bi polar.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 4:24 PM

    @Tim O’Brien: I’d just say you’re thick as pigshite, theres no medication to cure that.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 4:32 PM

    @James Wallace: That’s not a very sympathetic thing to say!

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    Sep 8th 2019, 4:34 PM

    @James Wallace: lol, probably best to go to your safe place for a couple of hours. It’s gonna be ok,

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    Sep 8th 2019, 5:40 PM

    @Tim O’Brien: so are you saying hi-polar doesn’t exist? What else should we dismiss? ADHD? Autism? Epilepsy? You should publish a diagnostic manual to clear it all up for us

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    Sep 8th 2019, 5:41 PM

    @GrahamMManning: “bi-polar”. Hi-polar sounds like a bit of Craic though.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 6:36 PM

    @Tim O’Brien: lovely little bubble you live in there, Tim. Tim Tim nice but dim

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    Sep 8th 2019, 6:45 PM

    @Bruce Van der Gutschmitzer: Bruce van der Gutschmitzer
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    East Berlin TechnoHaus DJ. Mayo bred. Sports enthusiast. Avocado Advocate. Elder Millenial. Social Beverages Warrior. Journal haters-Suck a fart@DasTechnoSoundz.

    Laughing stock.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 7:19 PM

    @Tim O’Brien: give it up Tim, you’ve lost.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 7:33 PM

    @James Wallace: U feeling better now after your trip to your safe place?

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    Sep 8th 2019, 7:52 PM

    @Tim O’Brien: ah yeah, totally chillaxed now. And guess what? You’re still a priccck with ears!

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    Sep 8th 2019, 8:18 PM

    @Tim O’Brien: labels tend to trigger ppl. Irony and sarcasm are lost on you simple Simon. It’s pretty sad that you had to go and look for my twitter. And I’m the laughing stock?!

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    Sep 8th 2019, 8:28 PM

    @FrustratedASDMum: I thought she got 3 other opinions after her initial diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder and then she was told she didn’t have this condition?

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    Sep 8th 2019, 8:52 PM

    @Bruce Van der Gutschmitzer: you’re a textbook millennial, no originality, boring, follow the sheep mentality, and as for the east Berlin nonsense, so edgy, lol. Joker.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 9:28 PM

    @Tim O’Brien: tim ya poor judgemental simpleton, I’ve something to tell u….it’s not a real profile!! Simply an account set up solely for the journal like half the accounts here with labels/tags to provoke a response from silly flutes like yourself. Like I said sarcasm, irony and subtle humour are lost on you. Do you always enjoy slagging off ppl who suffer with their mental health thereby prolonging the stigmatisation of mental health issues in Ireland? And if so, are you truly proud of yourself and your caveman attitude?

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    Sep 8th 2019, 9:42 PM

    @Bruce Van der Gutschmitzer: whatevs.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 9:58 PM

    @Tim O’Brien: ah Tim that not much of a response from someone so trigger happy.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 10:07 PM

    @Bruce Van der Gutschmitzer: bore off.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 10:16 PM

    @Tim O’Brien: suck a fart. Night bbz x

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    Sep 8th 2019, 4:06 PM

    It’s been seven hours and fifteen days since she last had a headline.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:48 PM

    You just know we will all be talking about her finding Buda in three years time while shes yarping on about about how everyone’s wrong except for her new self and her latest fad.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:26 PM

    Don’t always agree with her views but an incredible talent and a brilliant performance live.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 8:54 PM

    @Skimothy: there was nothing brilliant about that performance! She didn’t even open her eyes and was struggling with most of the notes!!

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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:45 PM

    She always seems to be searching for something to give her inner peace I hope she finds it someday. Religion and spirituality will only take you so far if you dont do the work on yourself.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:58 PM

    @LittleBee: I suppose it’s better than drugs or alcohol. I agree with you though; I hope she finds inner peace.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 9:07 PM

    @LittleBee: well said

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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:48 PM

    How much for her Nuns outfit

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    Sep 8th 2019, 5:47 PM

    @Davy Boy: I thought it was the annoying devil from channel 4s balls of steel

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    Sep 8th 2019, 4:58 PM

    We hear so much about online bullying and how it can drive people to suicide and yet it seems perfectly OK for everyone here to come on and make fun of a mentally unstable person. She has been through so much and, yes she might have make some questionable choices, but she is still here and still able to perform and for once she seemed so happy and strong.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 6:06 PM

    @Monika Broughill: So totally this. If Islam helps her, then more power to her. The strongest I think I’ve ever seen her, which is just brilliant to behold.
    She is an incredible human.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 4:46 PM

    Why was she on the show at all ?

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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:48 PM

    Poor girl.She needs sympathy and most of all help.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 6:17 PM

    So she wants to support women in trouble and joins a religion that considers women second class or worse?

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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:56 PM

    In your time Sinéad nothing compared to you, however using religion to once again reinvent yourself takes from the amazing talent you are!…

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    Sep 9th 2019, 1:44 PM

    @Kate Flaherty: things like this can be pretty common in bipolar people, unfortunately. Changing your image or life style. Don’t judge her too harshly, I just hope she’s found happiness.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 4:39 PM

    What that poor woman won’t do for publicity.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:34 PM

    Jesus wept…. Oops.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:18 PM

    Nothing compares 2 my size 10 jeans

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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:27 PM

    @Baron Adams TD: good one, smh

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    Sep 8th 2019, 6:01 PM

    In wonder what her views on Lisa smith are?

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    Sep 8th 2019, 4:08 PM

    I doubt they’d fit me, but she’s donating to a great cause, fair play to her. Wonderful voice still.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 6:08 PM

    Watching this stuff on our screens makes it very hard to believe that RTÉ should be given more money, this kind of stuff makes a very strong case for cutting their next budget.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 7:37 PM

    @Al Fresco: what, having one of our best singers and musical talents on the telly Is grounds for cutting their budget? Nope. There are grounds for getting rid of this show and indeed cutting their budget, but this isn’t one. In fact the discussion around this has probably got several people to watch back on the player, exactly what RTE need people to do.

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    Sep 9th 2019, 12:14 AM

    @James Wallace: “ one of our best singers and musical talents” ?
    You lost me there, Havnt got the faintest idea what or who you are on about.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 5:51 PM

    Let’s hope she doesn’t insult the prophet or she will be going to Salman Rushdies house for refuge.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:57 PM

    Who’d want them. Not well in the head unfortunately

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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:49 PM

    Performing music is haram behaviour. What’s the penalty for a woman engaging in that is Islam? A slap on the wrist and “you’re a naughty girl”?

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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:51 PM

    She must follow the trends .

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    Sep 8th 2019, 5:04 PM

    so when she decides to move on to her next phase – which could be literally anything – she does realise that the price for leaving Islam may be terminal… or maybe thats how this saga is suppossed to end.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 7:29 PM

    @Bill ORourke: and yet there are millions of lapsed or lax Muslims around the world, just doing their own thing until they die a natural death.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 6:04 PM

    Is she using fake tan to look darker? She used to be very pale.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 4:38 PM

    What that poor demented woman won’t do for publicity.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 7:44 PM

    The first recording is of Nothing compares to you was excellent. But personally it’s so over done now we don’t need a bad rehash of it. She can’t hit the high notes anymore and the timbre of her voice is gone. Over the years we had Gay Byrne fawning over her, with his “dote” this and “dote” that, And then we had the tearing up of the popes picture, oh what shock and horror! Then on again she had been ordained a priest by some fruit cake bishop and Gay again fawning over how
    Wonderful she looked in her priests garb. Now we have to suffer her on Late Late again in Islam gear. We don’t pay our license fees for this second rate entertainment. If she is as mentally ill as people are saying can’t her family get her treated. Why do we have to put up with this nonsense.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 8:02 PM

    @Margaret O Neill: Remember her snapping at Gaybo and saying im not a child? so embarrassing. He may have fawned a bit, but it was only because he for whatever reason thought very highly of her. She was so ungracious, and ironically acted more childish for snapping

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    Sep 8th 2019, 8:33 PM

    Why does the late late feel the need to constAntly bring her on the show.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 7:10 PM

    She’ll want to be a carrot next year, some eejit she is.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 3:58 PM

    Prince wrote nothing compares 2 you. Thats talent. Sinead is a narcissist karaoke singer. Her other songs are garbage. Lets not pretend she’s any good at music.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 4:03 PM

    @KingBongoHead: there’s no doubting how good her voice is. Stupid comment.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 4:09 PM

    @Skimothy: the talent lies in the writing not the performance, in my opinion.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 4:18 PM

    @KingBongoHead: she has written some brilliant songs. You’re totally clueless. And you have just dissed everyone from Pavarotti to Frank Sinatra who interpret other peoples songs. What a unknowledgeable clown you are.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 4:36 PM

    @James Wallace: by your exalted logic, all of the swamp donkeys on the Xfactor and other TV karaoke shows are naturally talented and brilliant musicians. Bollox. Theres no way she could have written that song when matched against her own. Shes a decent singer and an average writer. Far from brilliant

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    Sep 8th 2019, 6:03 PM

    @KingBongoHead: no talent in performance? Are you for real? Such a stupid commentm

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    Sep 8th 2019, 6:06 PM

    @KingBongoHead: yeah and it was a major worldwide hit for him when he did wasn’t it……. oh no it wasn’t actually, O Connor’s version was the definitive one because she is such a talented singer. So talented and all as you may be you cannot say that Sinead O Connor isn’t one of Ireland’s best singers ever

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    Sep 8th 2019, 6:34 PM

    @Skimothy: I didnt say that. Of course theres talent in performance but its a different kind, akin to mimicry. The real authentic talent lies in the writing. A geriatric with throat cancer could have sang nothing compares 2 u and it would still be a nice song because of how its crafted.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 7:24 PM

    @KingBongoHead: so you think all interpretive singers are comparable with x factor and Karoke? Because I didn’t say that. But , you’ve basically said song interpretation and vocal performance can’t be of any merit in their own right. And that’s just a stupid thing to say.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 8:46 PM

    @KingBongoHead: you literally said talent lies in writing not performance! It’s a combination of both. A great written song and a great voice to perform it. If one of those factors is off then it doesn’t work. How you can’t credit how a song is sung is crazy. Yes it’s a well written song but it’s her that made it successful.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 10:55 PM

    @Skimothy: thats a good point, i agree that the combination of both was what made it so successful, if Prince had have released it himself it would not have been a worldwide hit, just a B-side, probably.

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    Sep 9th 2019, 1:38 PM

    @KingBongoHead: you seriously believe that someone singing a song written by someone else is mimicry? You must have a very small pool of music to listen to then. What an arrogant, conceited attitude to have.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 5:02 PM

    Ah Jaysus here go TheJournal comments again – all you people slagging her off lack serious empathy. Look to you own house first. The lady is doing her best and she’s one hell of a singer. Do It Sinead

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    Sep 9th 2019, 1:33 PM

    @Paul Quirke: mocking mentally ill people is one of the biggest problems in irish society! No wonder we have such a high suicide rate..

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    Sep 8th 2019, 4:12 PM

    When will the New Clothes be on Sale l guess soon

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    Sep 8th 2019, 6:13 PM

    Really sad that someone with issues can’t do something nice for the woman’s refuge without people mocking her.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 9:48 PM

    @Mill Lane: she’s very mockable

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    Sep 8th 2019, 7:05 PM

    I love her. She amazing. I love her unabashed madness and beautiful voice

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    Sep 8th 2019, 10:16 PM

    She looks at peace and happy. Her spiritual path is her own. Who cares who she prays to?
    It looks like it triggers quite a few people here. Oh well, this is where bullies gather and fester.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 4:36 PM

    Manic.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 8:38 PM

    She went to the psycho and guess what he told her? guess what he told her?

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    Sep 8th 2019, 5:01 PM

    Jesus, Tubridy done some licking her hole

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    Sep 8th 2019, 7:55 PM

    @Briain O’Dochartaigh: He was worse with the Maura one. Feminist Icon?? ffs..didnt know talking about s ex, talking vulgar and chasing after uninterested men is all it took to reach icon status. And why was she shouting throughout the interview? was she afraid we wouldnt be paying attention to her inspirational: its 2019! speech?

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    Sep 8th 2019, 11:42 PM

    She has long since left the Catholic Church and was then ordained a priestess and a bishop. I wonder what mosque will accept her as an imamess? The woman is more nuts than my large trail mix pack.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 8:48 PM

    She’s come so far since her massive breakdown last(?) year, it’s good to see. Also it’s not surprising most of the comments are just talking shite about her converting to Islam, as if the religion she left hasn’t caused far more trouble here than Islam ever will.

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    Sep 9th 2019, 10:45 AM

    What a head case!

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    Sep 8th 2019, 7:18 PM

    Fake News

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    Sep 9th 2019, 1:08 PM

    Suicide bomber in the making.

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    Sep 9th 2019, 3:57 AM

    I thought she came across as ok. Obviously we all know about her struggles, but I don’t know how I’d feel going on TV if everyone knew my struggles and then having to sing two songs.

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    Sep 8th 2019, 5:51 PM

    Another attention seeking stunt from this idiot

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    Sep 9th 2019, 1:31 PM

    @Alan: she’s not mentally well, don’t be such a heartless arse.

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    Sep 9th 2019, 8:48 AM

    Omg sounds dreadful

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    Sep 9th 2019, 6:47 PM

    RTÉ seem to be increasingly deluded about what the Irish public want to watch, a mentally ill and obviously insane has been dressed up as the red Madonna isn’t it.

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    Sep 9th 2019, 1:00 PM

    A wise man once said….”Religion is a type of mental illness, and a very widespread one at that.” Well, I wouldn’t go that far, but it ain’t too far off either :) Poor Sinead. She’s a great singer though and that’s for sure, but she’s just very confused and loves attention, it seems. Next she’ll probably become a Scientologist or a Jain, or maybe a Jedi. Only Allah knows now. :)

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    Sep 9th 2019, 1:30 PM

    Poor woman. Is she bipolar? I hope she has help and support.

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