I'VE TAKEN MY DAUGHTER BACK, SAYS SINEAD O'CONNOR

By Karen Edwards and Anthony Barnes, PA News

Controversial singer Sinead O'Connor said today that she taken her daughter back from her 
ex-lover in the latest twist in a legal custody battle. Asked at her north London home about 
reports that she had brought three-year-old Roisin back from Dublin, singer said: "It is all 
true." Last month she announced she had surrendered custody of Roisin to her daughter's father, 
the writer John Waters. The Irish star refused to make any further comment about the ongoing 
custody battle. O'Connor gave Mr Waters, a columnist on the Irish Times who lives in Dublin, 
temporary custody of Roisin on Mother's Day. At the same time she faxed heartfelt statements 
to newspapers justifying her decision and saying: "I am not a bad mother. That's not why I am 
giving up custody." O'Connor said it was not in the child's interests for her to continue 
contesting the case, and added: "I will see our daughter at weekends and during school 
holidays." But after apparently having a change of heart she returned to London with Roisin 
two weeks ago, after pretending to take her for a walk. Difficulties surfaced earlier this year 
when allegations of neglect were levelled against the singer. A social worker from Camden 
Council visited O'Connor's home, and she was subsequently cleared of any problems.

April 09, 1999