Liam Kennedy’s astonishing book Who Was Responsible For the Troubles? begins with his attendance at a play at the West Belfast festival in 1999 with the novelist Lionel Shriver and me. Published: 17 November 2020 I remember the occasion well, for ‘Forced Upon Us’ was...
Trump may be on his way out, which I find hard to regret, but Trumpism, fortunately, is alive and well Published: 10 November 2020 This was the second US election in a row where I didn’t know which candidate I most wanted to lose. With a choice between the incumbent...
In 2019 I was a guest speaker — the warm-up act for Kevin Myers, a great journalist who had been professionally destroyed by a Twitter mob — at a reunion in the Clogher Valley of ex-members of the Ulster Defence Regiment. Published: 3 November 2020 On the face of it,...
The views of so-called contrarians are as valid as anyone, even if they grate with liberals, says Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 8 December 2019 I wrote this last week on a Facebook post with a link to gript.ie: “I’ve only just found this forum for Irish...
Published: 29 November 2019 Two pieces of good news for beleaguered journalists today. Like anyone fearful about the imminent Corbyn Terror, I listened nervously this morning to Boris Johnson being mauled on LBC by Nick Ferrari and a selection of vexed phoners-in....
It has taken two years for state broadcaster to say sorry to journalist Kevin Myers, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 1 December 2019 This is the story of how RTE used taxpayers’ money to defame and persecute a brilliant man much disliked by the majority of...
Their sick festive message in the city where my lovely friend was murdered shows how unapologetic they are, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 29 November 2019 Saoradh are getting into the festive spirit. Towards the end of a year in which the New IRA, which they...
Considering brain is not fully developed until 25, lowering age of suffrage is madness, says Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 25 November 2019 Occasionally I’m asked to comment on radio or in person on the demand to give 16-year-olds the vote. Almost inevitably...
We should stand up to the haters and extol the fine men and women of the force, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 18 November 2019 The RUC have been portrayed as “villains-in-chief from central casting”, said Mick Fealty. “The singular exception...
The RUC are consistently betrayed, but they have much to be proud of, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 11 November 2019 Last week I caught up on BBC iPlayer with Cops On The Frontline, directed by Dubliner Gerry Gregg, one of a handful of citizens of the Republic...
