Sinead O'Connor (also Shelby and Roscoe) is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks, played by Stephanie Davis.

Davis was fired from the show in July 2015 after poor behaviour on-set and Sinead departed during the episode broadcast on 18 September 2015.

[6] In July 2012, Hollyoaks teamed up with L'Oréal Paris to promote their "Feria hair colour" brand and in exchange give Sinead a make-over.

The cosmetic company announced the news via their website stating that they had transformed Sinéad's hair "from glossy brunette into fiery red".

Off-screen she had formed a good rapport with Clarke, claimed to know him "inside out" and therefore did not find their kissing scenes weird to film.

[4] On 16 July 2015, it was reported by Digital Spy that Stephanie Davis would not be filming any further scenes in her role as Sinead after show bosses decided to terminate her contract.

[10] Her agent later stated that "Stephanie's contract was terminated following warnings for lateness, attendance and after a final incident in which she turned up to set unfit to work because of alcohol consumption".

[13] Executive producer Bryan Kirkwood expressed his delight at Davis's return and called Sinead "a brilliant and vibrant character who the audience love".

[13] Sinead befriends Amber Sharpe (Lydia Lloyd-Henry) and her father, Rob, is promoted to headmaster when they accidentally knock Mr. Forsyth unconscious.

When Maddie realises that Sinead and Bart are growing close again, she convinces her to date Gaz Bennett (Joel Goonan) instead.

Martin "Jono" Johnson (Dylan Llewellyn) saves Ruby but Maddie and Neil Cooper (Tosin Cole) die in the explosion.

She steals a photograph of Rhys Ashworth (Andy Moss), who also died in the crash, giving the impression he is the father of her baby.

While working at Price Slice she is held at gunpoint by Robbie Roscoe (Charlie Wernham) and her brother Finn, although they are wearing masks.

Sinead soon starts a relationship with Freddie Roscoe (Charlie Clapham) but they fall out when she realises that he loves Lindsey Butterfield (Sophie Austin), who is engaged to his brother Joe (Ayden Callaghan).

She sends it but Robbie finds it before Joe reads it, he then blackmails Sinead into sleeping with him, but he backs down when he realises that she doesn't want to.

However, when Diane is arrested for possession of drugs during her wedding to Tony Hutchinson (Nick Pickard), Sinead is allowed by Finn to see Katy whilst he is out of the room.

Believing her claims, Carmel Valentine (Gemma Merna) organises an AIDS charity event during which Joe arrives and reveals Sinead has been lying to make Lindsey suffer.

Lindsey, scared for her life, admits that she loved Freddie because she was lonely and briefly wanted them to run away together and bring up a baby.

Sinead starts an affair with her stepfather Tony to punish Diane for believing she could hurt Katy, although she soon develops real feelings for him.

That night, Sinead confronts Ste in front of everyone before running out of The Hutch and getting hit by Dodger Savage's (Danny Mac) car during a scuffle with his twin sister Sienna Blake (Anna Passey), which knocks her to the floor.

She needs an operation but refuses to give consent as it means her baby's life would be put in danger despite the fact that if she doesn't have it she will die.

Her step-cousin, Scott Drinkwell (Ross Adams) arrives in Hollyoaks and helps her try to get Ste by meddling with his marriage to John Paul.

After Hannah's birth Sinead accidentally reveals to Ste that she's in love with him but when he rejects her she makes a cruel comment about his HIV causing him to have a relapse.

Sinead later goes off on a spa day with Esther but due to the work of Grace Black (Tamara Wall), Dylan Jenkins (James Fletcher), Nico Blake (Persephone Swales-Dawson) and Kim Butterfield (Daisy Wood-Davis) they are stranded in the middle of nowhere without their mobile phones while Esther is in labour.

Sinead confronts Ste and slaps him, unaware that his sister Tegan Lomax (Jessica Ellis) died in the storm.

Laurie returns home and tells Sinead that Sienna's boyfriend Brody Hudson (Adam Woodward) kidnapped him.

The next day, Sinead tells Laurie that Misbah Maalik (Harvey Virdi) has selected her for a training residential course, meaning that she will be gone for a few weeks.

Sinead is released on bail but is furious to learn from Liberty that Sami got Georgia to sign a non-disclosure agreement and storms off.

She is refused bail but when she is being taken to her cell, Sally St. Claire (Annie Wallace) and Liberty arrive with CCTV from the school proving that Laurie tried to rape Diane.

[15] Justin Harp of Digital Spy called the news of Sinead's reintroduction "the most surprising soap casting of the year".