On Sunday I went with two other gentiles to a rally in Trafalgar Square, London, in support of Israel. I found it almost unbearable to listen to close relatives of some of those murdered or kidnapped, as it has been when I’ve heard at first hand the stories of...
I try to be fair, even to such irritating people as Michael D Higgins, Ireland’s president since 2011. Published: 27 June 2023 But his self-importance, silliness, vanity and sanctimony grate on me, as well as his arrogance and self-aggrandisement in trampling on the...
Apart from a few extreme Republican trolls, Queen Elizabeth is being mourned in Ireland, north and south Published: 9 September 2022 Apart from a few extreme Republican trolls shouting on social media about colonial wrongs, Queen Elizabeth is being mourned in Ireland,...
Some unintended consequences of Vladimir Putin’s megalomaniacal and merciless attack on the people of Ukraine that are appearing in Ireland now are embarrassing Sinn Fein. Published: 15 March 2022 Owing to having been brought up and educated in Dublin, and then spent...
It’s an unexciting field in the race for the presidency, but that’s no reason to vote for the horse we know best, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 7 October 2018 Try as I might, I can’t yet find a candidate to cheer for in the presidential race....
