by RuthDE | Jan 3, 2023 | 2023, Belfast News Letter, December, Journalism
I was delighted by the award of CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) to an old friend. Published: 3 January 2023 This is a very senior award, just one below a knighthood, which is given for those who have played “a conspicuous leading role in regional...
by RuthDE | Aug 9, 2022 | 2022, August, Belfast News Letter, Journalism
Last month, at the funeral service for David Trimble — a friend I greatly admired and loved, seeing his widow Daphne — steadfastly, through many terrible times, his strength and stay — sitting alone as her children briefly left her to carry their father’s coffin...
by RuthDE | Aug 3, 2022 | 2022, Daily Mail, Journalism, July
RUTH DUDLEY EDWARDS pays tribute to a humble colossus of peace Published: 26 July 2022 My long and close friendship with David Trimble began in 1985 at yet another conference lamenting the sorry state of Northern Ireland. A friend and I decided to alleviate the...
by RuthDE | Mar 11, 2019 | 2019, Journalism, March, Sunday Independent
Sinn Fein/IRA might have stopped killing, but their destructiveness means they’re still a cancer on our islandPublished: 10 March 2019This column is packing its bags, so I thought I’d do a bit of a trip down memory lane.Just over 25 years ago, in January...
