V starosti 56. let je umrla pevka Sinéad O'Connor. 18 mesecev pred tem je januarja 2022 umrl njen sin, ki je storil samomor. Pevka je takrat v vrsti zapisov na družbenih omrežjih kritizirala irsko zdravstvo in socialno službo. Za sinovo smrt je okrivila državo. Po njenih besedah je bil 17-letni Shane pred smrtjo sprejet v bolnišnico Tallaght, ker naj bi pred tem poskušal storiti samomor.
Sinead je občutke zapisala v zadnji objavi na Twitterju: “Od takrat živim kot nemrtvo nočno bitje. Bil je ljubezen mojega življenja, svetilka moje duše. Bila sva ena duša, razdeljena na dve polovici. Bil je edina oseba, ki me je kdaj imela brezpogojno rada. Brez njega sem izgubljena.”
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭#lostmy17yrOldSonToSuicidein2022.
— Sinead Marie-Bernarde Aoibheann O’Connor (@786OmShahid) July 17, 2023
Been living as undead night creature since. . He was the love of my life, the lamp of my soul. We were one soul in two halves. He was the only person who ever loved me unconditionally. I am lost in the bardo without him pic.twitter.com/aC8BOmLQ9N
Od pevke se na družbenih omrežjih poslavljajo številni znani. Irski premier Leo Varadkar je zapisal, da je bila njena glasba "ljubljena po vsem svetu, njen talent pa je bil neprekosljiv in brez primerjave".
Really sorry to hear of the passing of Sinéad O’Connor.
— Leo Varadkar (@LeoVaradkar) July 26, 2023
Her music was loved around the world and her talent was unmatched and beyond compare.
Condolences to her family, her friends and all who loved her music.
Ar dheis Dé go Raibh a hAnam. https://t.co/JVHxz7Kv2Z
Oglasil se je tudi irski komik Dara O'Briain, ki je zapisal: To je samo zelo žalostna novica. Uboga. Upam, da je spoznala, koliko ljubezni je bilo do nje."
Ah shite, Sinead O’Connor has died. That’s just very sad news. Poor thing. I hope she realised how much love there was for her.
— Dara Ó Briain (@daraobriain) July 26, 2023
Novinarka Caitlin Moran je objavila: "Bila je desetletja pred svojim časom in neustrašna. Počivaj v moči, kraljica."
Sinead: and she was the first to talk about abuse in the Catholic church - tearing up the picture of the Pope on TV - but 99% of the music industry hung her out to dry. She was decades before her time, and fearless. Rest in power, queen.
— Caitlin Moran (@caitlinmoran) July 26, 2023
