by RuthDE | Feb 9, 2021 | 2021, Belfast News Letter, February, Journalism
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...
by RuthDE | Dec 16, 2020 | 2020, Belfast News Letter, December, Journalism
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...
by RuthDE | Jul 26, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
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...
by RuthDE | May 21, 2018 | 2018, Journalism, Sunday Independent
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...
by RuthDE | May 8, 2018 | 2018, Journalism, Sunday Independent
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...
by RuthDE | Mar 15, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
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...
by RuthDE | Feb 22, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
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...
by RuthDE | Feb 22, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
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...
