by RuthDE | Feb 20, 2025 | 2025, Belfast News Letter, February, Journalism
I was all set to write this column about the enjoyable row between Sir Keir Starmer and Lady Chief Justice Baroness Sue Carr over criticism of lawyers. Published: 20 February 2025 Baroness Carr has said she is “deeply troubled” by criticisms of judges....
by RuthDE | Jun 27, 2024 | 2024, Belfast News Letter, Journalism, June
I often get asked why I write so often about Northern Ireland victims. As the pugnacious MP Clare Short put it when she learned that I was deeply involved with the civil case against the Omagh bombers, “Why pick at the scabs?” Published: 27 June 2024 Sinn Fein...
by RuthDE | Jul 20, 2021 | 2021, Belfast News Letter, Journalism, July
I spent the best part of three days reading newspapers and posts and tweets and listening to hours of radio and watching video clips relating to the British government’s proposals to draw a line under Troubles crimes. Published: 20 July 2021 In phone calls, people...
