by RuthDE | May 23, 2019 | 2019, Daily Telegraph, Journalism
Published: 19 May 2019 John Lippitt, who has died aged 90, was an unorthodox, swashbuckling civil servant who dominated British industrial policy in the 1970s and later became a commercial negotiator for GEC in China and South East Asia. When in 1980 he was persuaded... 
by RuthDE | May 13, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Romanticising those who murdered in the name of Ireland is no path to glory, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 13 May 2019 Sara Canning said last Wednesday evening on Channel 4 News: “No one’s going to tell me what I can and can’t say at this... 
by RuthDE | May 7, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Published: 6 May 2019 Inevitably, the hopes that the murder of Lyra McKee would bring supporters or condoners of violent republicanism to their senses proved to be too high. The hearts of many must have sunk when Gary Donnelly, a former prominent member of the 32... 
by RuthDE | Apr 29, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Published: 29 AprilI was at services in two churches and a synagogue last week. I’ve written a lot about my lovely friend Lyra McKee so I won’t say much about Wednesday’s widely-reported inter-denominational thanksgiving service in Belfast... 
by RuthDE | Apr 29, 2019 | 2019, Journalism, Reaction
Published: 23 April 2019When the IRA commits a particularly unpopular murder, It has three main choices: brazen it out, deny it or say “Ooops, sorry” and if possible blame the Brits.The murder in Londonderry on Thursday night of my friend, the much-loved 29-year-old... 
by RuthDE | Apr 23, 2019 | 2019, Daily Telegraph, Journalism
Published: 23 April 2019 “What we are seeing is a new breed of terrorist coming through the ranks, and that is a very worrying situation,” said Detective Superintendent Jason Murphy on Saturday, as two teenagers were being questioned in Belfast under the Terrorism Act... 
by RuthDE | Apr 23, 2019 | 2019, Daily Telegraph, Journalism
Published: 20 April 2019 “I didn’t know it was still going on,” is a comment I’ve heard frequently since Thursday night and the death of my friend Lyra McKee. But close followers of the situation in Northern Ireland are all too aware that there are still plenty of... 
by RuthDE | Apr 23, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Published: 22 April 2019I was brought up a Roman Catholic but I ceased to be a believer a very long time ago. Yet I would describe myself as a Christian atheist, for of all the religions I know about, it is Christianity I most admire and feel at home with.There is... 
by RuthDE | Apr 23, 2019 | 2019, Journalism, The Spectator
Published: 21 April 2019 I’ve been writing and talking about my dead friend Lyra McKee for the best part of two days, and have little to add to my tributes to the talented, lovable, warm, kind, empathetic, funny, curious, eager, original, hard-working, brave though... 
by RuthDE | Apr 23, 2019 | 2019, Journalism, Sunday Independent
Lyra McKee was a brilliant journalist on the cusp of success, but also a wonderful friend, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 21 April 2019 At 6.30 last Friday morning I opened the email from Ann Travers with the subject “Shocking news”. It turned out I... 
