As I got to know people in Northern Ireland who had been caught up by terrible events, I developed a great admiration for ordinary people who cope courageously with extraordinary challenges. Published: 9 February 2021 Most recently we have the phenomenon of Captain...
Today, Laois-Offaly TD Brian Stanley makes a statement to the Dáil about the recent embarrassment he has caused his party which led to him being put by his leader Mary Lou McDonald on the naughty step for a week. Published: 15 December 2020 As in so many ways, Sinn...
The timing of the MP’s suspension is difficult for the Tories, the DUP and SF, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 23 July 2018 I can’t pretend to be astounded by the news about DUP MP Ian Paisley in relation to eye-wateringly luxurious and undeclared...
Sinn Fein’s mendacious rewriting of history now sees its members recast as civil rights heroes Published: Sunday 20 May 2018 Of course I know that the bloodstained record it defends, and the lies, corruption and destructiveness of the contemporary Irish...
The Sinn Fein leader has been successfully selling herself as the new face of her party, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: Sunday 6 May 2018 Mary Lou McDonald’s honeymoon with the electorate is going well so far, if today’s and other recent polls have...
What was charity thinking, considering the number of children to die at hands of republicans, asks Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 12 March 2018 Last week, Barnardo’s Ireland issued a happy tweet along with a smiley photograph: “Great to have so many@sinnfeinireland...
There will never be a better opportunity to stand up for the decent people, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 22 January 2018 One of the unintended consequences of Barry McElduff’s infamous Kingsmill-related tweet was that victims of paramilitary terrorism...
If you look for attention on social media, you best be careful what you wish for, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 8 January 2018 I was just poised to write about ‘Tweeting Lord Kilclooney’ (as I think of him these days), though he was just humble UUP...
