by RuthDE | Sep 26, 2025 | 2025, Belfast News Letter, Journalism, September
The Irish Republic, my native country, is prone to being deeply smug about its successes. And for understandable reasons, there is much rejoicing if in any way it outperforms the old enemy next door. Published: 25 September 2025 Eurovision was a case in point, with...
by RuthDE | Sep 19, 2023 | 2023, Belfast News Letter, Journalism, September
I wish I could have been in Dublin, my native city, on Saturday afternoon, standing shoulder to shoulder with the terfs. Published: 19 September 2023 I could have paid homage in person to Graham Linehan, a Dublin-born comedian with the heart of a lion, who was loudly...
by RuthDE | Apr 5, 2022 | 2022, April, Belfast News Letter, Journalism
Here’s a question to ask candidates on the doorstep over the next few weeks when you get tired of discussing the protocol. Published: 5 April 2022 “Can a woman have a penis?” This is the answer the leader of the Labour Party, Keir Starmer, produced last week, when...
by RuthDE | Jan 14, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, January, Journalism
With no Assembly, City Hall largest democratic forum here, and it’s not easy to watch, says Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 14 January 2019 Last week I watched about an hour of the Belfast City Council webcast, which at various times made me laugh, fume, plunged...
