by RuthDE | Sep 6, 2022 | 2022, Belfast News Letter, Journalism, September
At the weekend, I was in Dublin, where I was born and brought up, mostly seeing old friends. Published: 6 September 2022 When we got on to politics, there was the predictably gloomy view that there was no stopping the Shinners from getting into government. Some of my...
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...
by RuthDE | Aug 29, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
She may be president of Sinn Fein, but U-turn over border poll shows she has to follow orders from Belfast, says Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 6 August 2018 What an unsettling week for Sinn Fein’s Mary Lou McDonald. And she was riding so high at home and...
by RuthDE | Jul 2, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
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...
by RuthDE | Jun 7, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
The British Government has been weak, the Irish gullible and the EU cynical, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 4 June 2018 I regret all sorts of things about the timid way in which the British Government is negotiating Brexit and the foolishness of the Irish...
