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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
