The anniversary of the Omagh bombing of August 1998 weighs heavily on me every year. My sadness does not begin to compare to that suffered by family, friends and neighbours of the dead and the injured, but I spent a decade closely involved with that small, brave...
IRA perpetrators blame their victims to attempt to silence their own consciences, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 19 January 2020 I want to talk about hate, which suddenly yet again went centre stage in Ireland when the Irish Minister for Justice Charlie...
Force in Republic needs reform, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards, and politicians, media and citizens know it Published: 2 July 2018 Other than an unpleasant intervention in the Dail by Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald, in the Republic the appointment of PSNI Deputy...
Mary Lou McDonald has a tough time while she rides two such incompatible horses Published: 1 July 2018 Last week, the Belfast Newsletter had a major interview with Mary Lou McDonald. It can’t have been easy, for she is simultaneously riding two horses of...
