Sinead O'Connor - "I wish the Brits had never left Ireland"

In a magazine article, Sinead O'Connor has said she wishes the the British had never left Ireland, because it strengthened the grip the Catholic Church had over the country:

http://www.digitalspy.ie/music/news/a452853/sinead-oconnor-i-wish-the-brits-had-never-left-ireland.html

"I actually wish that the Brits had never left. When they left, the church had a ball - that would never have happened if England had stayed, but we couldn't have you stay because you were killing us."

She added: "But I wish you'd come back or get me out. It's still a parochial country"

Looking at certain threads in AH on any given day, there are still many issues facing Ireland - economic crises, political cronyism, problems with the judiciary and sentencing, the question of abortion and the issue of secular education being just a few of them, but I honestly think Ireland has come a long way since independence and we aren't the only country with such issues, but we, at least, are trying to overcome most of these.

In 2011, Ireland were ranked seventh in the world in the human development index - many places above the UK (ranked 23rd) and ninth in the world in the Education index (UK came in 31st place). Also, the Catholic church are nowhere near as powerful as they one were, thankfully.

Is Sinead being overly bitter here, or does she have a point? Yes, there are still improvements to be made in this country, but I honestly don't feel we're still as bad as she's making out in this article!



*I do, however, agree with her point about Bono, the idiot.