Editing Sinéad O'Connor (section)

===Politics===
O'Connor was a vocal supporter of a [[united Ireland]], and called on the left-wing republican [[Sinn Féin]] party to be "braver".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6451131/sinead-oconnor-sinn-fein-irish-republican-party-ireland-partition|title=Sinead O'Connor Won't Be Joining Irish Republican Party – Here's Why|magazine=Billboard|first=Chris|last=Payne|date=28 January 2015|access-date=16 May 2018|archive-date=13 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213105211/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6451131/sinead-oconnor-sinn-fein-irish-republican-party-ireland-partition|url-status=live}}</ref> O'Connor called for the "demolition" of the [[Republic of Ireland]] and its replacement with a new, united country. She also called for key Sinn Féin politicians like [[Gerry Adams]] to step down because "they remind people of violence", referring to [[the Troubles]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/sinead-oconnor-calls-for-demolition-of-the-irish-republic-and-the-birth-of-a-new-country-9922692.html|title=Sinead O'Connor calls for 'demolition of the Irish Republic' and the birth of a new country|website=The Independent|first=Kiran|last=Moodley|date=16 December 2014|access-date=16 May 2018|archive-date=28 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128011637/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/sinead-oconnor-calls-for-demolition-of-the-irish-republic-and-the-birth-of-a-new-country-9922692.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2014, she [[Boycotts of Israel|refused to play in Israel]] as an act of protest against unjust treatment of Palestinians, stating that "Let's just say that, on a human level, nobody with any sanity, including myself, would have anything but sympathy for the Palestinian plight".<ref>{{cite news |title=Sinead O'Connor's Muslim identity missing in obituaries, some fans say |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/27/sinead-oconnors-muslim-identity-missing-in-obituaries-some-fans-say |work=Al Jazeera |date=27 July 2023}}</ref>

In a 2015 interview with the [[BBC]], O'Connor said she wished that Ireland had remained under British rule (which ended after the [[Irish War of Independence]], except for [[Northern Ireland]]), saying "the church took over and it was disastrous".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/sinead-oconnor-i-wish-england-had-never-left-ireland-the-church-took-over-and-it-was-disastrous-31063731.html|title=Sinead O'Connor: 'I wish England had never left Ireland... the church took over and it was disastrous'|website=Independent.ie|date=13 March 2015|last=Kelleher|first=Lynne|access-date=16 May 2018|archive-date=16 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116085149/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/sinead-oconnor-i-wish-england-had-never-left-ireland-the-church-took-over-and-it-was-disastrous-31063731.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the [[Brexit referendum]] in 2016, O'Connor wrote on Facebook "Ireland is officially no longer owned by Britain".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/sinead-oconnor-is-alive-and-celebrating-irelands-brexit-freedom/|title=Sinead O'Connor celebrates Ireland's Brexit 'freedom' in furious Facebook post|date=24 June 2016|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|access-date=16 May 2018|archive-date=17 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117064058/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/sinead-oconnor-is-alive-and-celebrating-irelands-brexit-freedom/|url-status=live}}</ref>