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Fans of Sinead O'Connor gather in Writers' Square, Belfast, to take part in the Sing Goodbye to Sinead O'Connor event, following her death at the age of 56.

The Irish singer was found "unresponsive" at a home in Lambeth, south London on Wednesday.

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00:10Misogynistic, Irish state and Catholic church, mainstream media and the music industry.
00:17The very same press, which spent decades attacking and vilifying groups.
00:24She was not content solely with providing charity. She did, of course, provide so much of that too, donating more
00:32than half of her earnings.
00:33You can't separate the music of Sinead O'Connor from her activism, her early activism as an abortion rights activist,
00:42her obviously iconic movements against the abuse within the Catholic church.
00:50And her later support of the Black Lives Matter movement and against transphobia.
00:57I mean, as an activist myself and as a woman growing up in Ireland, I completely resonate with her lyrics
01:04and her artistry about oppression.
01:07And also, I'm inspired by her legacy of activism.
01:12Let's go inside this process.
01:13Here we go.
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