TROUBLED singer Sinead O'Connor is having so much difficulty coping with one of her children that if social services called to help, she said she would welcome them.
O'Connor made the admission in a frank and emotional interview following a series of comments she made on Twitter claiming she wanted to die - comments which caused unsurprising concern for the welfare of her children.

But the singer told the Irish Mail on Sunday newspaper that while she was having huge trouble coping as a mother, she was only using Twitter as an emotional safety valve.

"I would never act on those feelings," she said.

The Irish singer said she was desperate for help and support, particularly with her six-year-old son, Shane, who was born after an affair with Irish musician Donal Lunny.

"I felt suicidal because it's my fault that Shane's father isn't in his life," she said, explaining he had been experiencing difficulties as a result of not having his father around.
Sinead admitted that on one occasion last year she had lost control of her emotions and smashed Shane's XBox computer game console in front of him.

"I just couldn't cope," she said. "I just felt like a s ... mum. I was ending up being the mum that I didn't want to be.
"I started to hate myself. I had nowhere to go."
Asked if she feared social workers might come to her door, Sinead said: "I wouldn't mind at all. Maybe they'd have some advice."
O'Connor said she wanted advice about how to help kids from one-parent families - despite the fact that she lives with her husband, Steve Cooney.
O'Connor, 44, has been diagnosed as a manic depressive with bi-polar disorder. She has three younger children.