Sinead O'Sullivan

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721 appearances 4 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 23 Jul

Sinead O'Sullivan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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I couldn't find anywhere to live.

But while I was there, I wrote about this.

I wrote about my experience and I had a similar reaction.

And in fact, there was this kind of hashtag at the time, which was, you know, Ireland hater.

I was called an Ireland hater.

And I hate that because I love Ireland.

I want to be able to live there, but I can't right now.

There are, I got hundreds of emails from people who like me live overseas and desperately want to move back, but have nothing to move back to.

There's nothing to move into.

There's no economy in which to get that job that they have elsewhere.

They can't get a house.

And a few years later, you know, writing this time about Ireland and the reaction was very similar.

But it's disappointing for a few different reasons.

One is that I don't have an institution behind me when I write this.

It's me.

It's me arsing around with data and numbers and using my time and my energy to...

to push Ireland to be a better place.

I'm not an Ireland hater.

I would argue that the people who deny the existence of these problems are doing much more damage to Ireland than the person who's highlighting them.

The other thing is I genuinely believe in participatory democracy and

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