by RuthDE | Jun 11, 2026 | 2026, Belfast News Letter, Journalism, June
Ireland is assuming the EU council presidency on July 1 for six months for what may become a very embarrassing term of office. Published: 11 June 2026 Used to being the EU’s smiled upon Best Boy in the Class, Ireland is a grateful recipient of largesse, eloquent in...
by RuthDE | Jan 29, 2026 | 2026, Belfast News Letter, January, Journalism
Fionnán Sheahan, the forthright editor of the Irish Independent, wrote an article a few weeks ago called ‘Let’s just leave the EU if we’re no longer going to take our membership seriously’. Published: 29 January 2026 He pointed out Irish irresponsibility and double...
by RuthDE | May 1, 2024 | 2024, Daily Telegraph, Journalism, May
On one level, the migrant row is a mutually-helpful farce. But has something changed in UK-Irish ties? Published: 1 May 2024 Surveying the row over immigration policy in Ireland and the UK, I’m reminded of the Sham Fight, an annual event in Northern Ireland, in the...
by RuthDE | Apr 18, 2023 | 2023, April, Belfast News Letter, Journalism
When she reflects on the past 25 years, Ruth Dudley Edwards is haunted by memories of her two close friends, David Trimble and Lyra McKee, two gifted but very different people who bookend that period Published: 18 April 2023 For the last few weeks I’ve been...
by RuthDE | Jun 6, 2022 | 2022, Daily Telegraph, Journalism, May
When even Jubilee edibles can’t be delivered, the integrity of the UK single market is clearly being undermined Published: 30 May 2022 hat is this Northern Ireland Protocol row all about?” is a question that causes despair to those of us who are supposed to have...
by RuthDE | May 3, 2022 | 2022, Belfast News Letter, Journalism, May
I have more sense than to try to predict what will happen in Thursday’s election, but I do know what I want to happen. Published: 3 May 2022 First and foremost, I want the bad guys to lose. These, of course, are Sinn Fein, that cancer corrupting Ireland, and any other...
by RuthDE | Oct 15, 2021 | 2021, Daily Telegraph, Journalism, October
At home and abroad, their ignorant dislike for Brexit means they can only ever blindly take Brussels’ side Published: 14 October 2021 The injunction never to play chess with a pigeon is always applicable here,” wrote Kathy Sheridan, a long-standing columnist for...
by RuthDE | May 18, 2021 | 2021, Daily Telegraph, Journalism, May
A new DUP leader and the anger of Unionists have opened Dublin’s eyes to its border miscalculation Publishded: 17 May 2021 My message to our friends in Europe,” wrote Brexit minister Lord Frost on Sunday, “is: stop the point-scoring and work with us. Seize the moment,...
by RuthDE | Apr 15, 2021 | 2021, April, Daily Telegraph, Journalism
The narrative that Boris is responsible for problems in the North hinders the search for actual solutions Published: 15 April 2021 Our Prime Minister consistently reminds me of William Brown, Richmal Crompton’s 11-year-old hero, a natural leader whose optimism leads...
by RuthDE | Apr 9, 2021 | 2021, April, Daily Mail, Journalism
Published: 9 April 2021 Youths unleash fireworks in Belfast tonight I love Northern Ireland and most of its people, and find it heartbreaking to see the province in the news today not in commemoration of its centenary year but once again because of vicious communal...
