Published: 6 March 2020 If you thought the Corbyn Labour Party would be a disaster for the United Kingdom, spare a thought for the Republic of Ireland, of which I am a non-resident citizen, where Sinn Fein is on the rise. It is still believed by the security forces...
Published: 5 February 2020 It was a matter of pride in the United Kingdom that so many voters refused even to contemplate a Corbyn government because of the Labour leadership’s toleration of anti-Semitism and its sympathy with terrorists. However, it’s looking as if a...
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...
The timing of the presidential visit is bad for both the Irish government and Sinn Fein, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 10 September 2018 My fellow columnist Fionola Meredith produced here on Friday an admirable and entertaining evisceration of the...
Deep divisions remain between North and South – and within the North itself Published: 17 June 2018 As I was ruminating on the implications of Leo Varadkar allegedly telling Fine Gael TDs that “the plates are shifting in Irish politics”, I...
Varadkar’s Orange Order visit cold comfort if he forms ties with terror apologists, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 11 June 2018 The headline in Irish Republican News was ‘A rumoured alliance between Sinn Fein and Fine Gael appears closer this week after...
The Sinn Fein leader has been successfully selling herself as the new face of her party, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: Sunday 6 May 2018 Mary Lou McDonald’s honeymoon with the electorate is going well so far, if today’s and other recent polls have...
Common sense will prevail on Brexit, not the division sown by republicans, says Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 16 April 2018 I’m writing at the close of a conference in Dublin hosted by the American Liberty Fund, where a small group intensively discussed...
The Family and Friends of Sean O’Callaghan invite you to a Memorial Service at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, at 10.30am on Wednesday 21st March 2018, and afterwards at the Café Koha, 10-11 St Martin’s Court, London WC2 4AJ. Published: 8 March 2018 Will...
