Singer Sinead O'Connor has written a desperate column for the Irish Independent newspaper in the hope it will gain her a lover.

The lonely 'Nothing Compares 2 U' hitmaker has gone public with her desire to find a new man and has listed her requirements for a boyfriend.

In the column she writes:

"My situation, sexually/affectionately speaking, is so dire that inanimate objects are starting to look good. I tell you, yams are looking like the winners.

"I am in desperate need of a very sweet sex-starved man.

"He must be no younger than 44... Must not be named Brian or Nigel... Must be very snuggly [and] has to like his mother.

"I like me a hairy man, so buffed and/or waxed [men] need not apply."

Watch Sinead O'Connor perform 'Nothing Compares 2 U' live here: