Whether as a one-take wonder in the studio, an unforgettable voice in concert or a smiling stranger in the street, readers share stories of how the Irish star touched their lives
I am full of tears this morning, like so many others in Ireland. As a young Irish male musician in the 80s, I was awed by her personality, talent, of course her beauty and her voice of the oracle. She changed what a female artist could talk about and look like in the Ireland of the 80s and 90s. If she were starting out now, she would still be ahead of her time. It filled me with hope back then that out of a conservative country could still come one of the most talented, stylish, defiant women in the world.
