by RuthDE | Oct 1, 2026 | 2026, Belfast News Letter, Journalism, October
My increasing distaste for my native country – the Republic of Ireland – has reached such a pitch that I’m finally going to change my citizenship. Published: 1 October 2026 Though I had a right to a British passport and have lived in England from the...
by RuthDE | Aug 28, 2026 | 2026, August, Belfast News Letter, Journalism
The Drumcree issue is back in the news, though there is hope that this time round no one has to die over it. Published: 26 August 2026 After a legal challenge by a member of the Orange Order, the High Court has quashed the Parades Commission ban on the annual parade...
by RuthDE | Apr 9, 2024 | 2024, April, Belfast News Letter, Journalism
The about-to-be taoiseach Simon Harris rarely wears any beliefs on his sleeve other than that he’s the best man for any job that’s going. Published: 9 April 2024 But I’m not here to disparage Mr Harris. We’ve been plagued on our island with the twisted idealism that...
by RuthDE | Jul 18, 2023 | 2023, Belfast News Letter, Journalism, July
Sinn Féin so successfully parades lies as truths that they are often believed unquestionably by people with no particular agenda. Published: 18 July 2023 It helps that unionists are so terrible at public relations. Events at Drumcree 25 years ago are being revisited,...
by RuthDE | May 10, 2022 | 2022, Belfast News Letter, Journalism, May
I couldn’t stand Piers Morgan until he lost his job on Good Morning Britain for telling the truth about Meghan Markle Published: 10 May 2022 Then I overlooked his crassness, praised his moral courage and wished him well in his new job with Talk TV. But the honeymoon...
by RuthDE | Apr 12, 2022 | 2022, April, Belfast News Letter, Journalism
I’ve only been a declared unionist for a very short while and already I’m a Lundy. Published: 12 April 2022 Most recently this accusation has been levelled at me over a tweet I wrote the other day in response to the defaced poster of Doug Beattie showing him with a...
by RuthDE | Jul 6, 2021 | 2021, Belfast News Letter, Journalism, July
With some of the usual suspects still boring on about a border poll, I want to go back to basics. Published: 6 July 2021 I apologise to those who have heard this story before, but I think it one of the most telling comments about Irish aspirations to unity I’ve ever...
by RuthDE | Oct 6, 2020 | 2020, Belfast News Letter, Journalism, September
I come from Dublin and live in London, but I love Northern Ireland and have been missing it and my friends here during lockdown Published: 7 October 2020 So I was glad to go to Belfast last week, even though it was for consultations with lawyers about yet another...
by RuthDE | Mar 11, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism, March
Gerry Adams will not appreciate Hollywood’s plan to tell the story of tragic widow, says Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 11 March 2019 One of my abiding hopes, and I am an optimist, is that Nemesis will yet catch up with Gerry Adams, that poster boy for Teflon....
by RuthDE | Oct 3, 2018 | 2018, Belfast News Letter, Journalism
In the latest essay in our series, RUTH DUDLEY EDWARDS writes that the NIO has come up with is a Sinn Fein wish list on legacy, but it is not too late to fight back Published: 2 October 2018 In four decades of following events in Northern Ireland closely, I’ve seen...
