by RuthDE | Jun 3, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
The party is used to riding two horses but it is now becoming more difficult, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 3 June 2019 Sinn Fein will be poring over the entrails of the recent election, but will they have the capacity to understand the severity of their... 
by RuthDE | Apr 29, 2019 | 2019, Journalism, Reaction
Published: 23 April 2019When the IRA commits a particularly unpopular murder, It has three main choices: brazen it out, deny it or say “Ooops, sorry” and if possible blame the Brits.The murder in Londonderry on Thursday night of my friend, the much-loved 29-year-old... 
by RuthDE | Apr 23, 2019 | 2019, Daily Telegraph, Journalism
Published: 20 April 2019 “I didn’t know it was still going on,” is a comment I’ve heard frequently since Thursday night and the death of my friend Lyra McKee. But close followers of the situation in Northern Ireland are all too aware that there are still plenty of... 
by RuthDE | Apr 23, 2019 | 2019, Journalism, The Spectator
Published: 21 April 2019 I’ve been writing and talking about my dead friend Lyra McKee for the best part of two days, and have little to add to my tributes to the talented, lovable, warm, kind, empathetic, funny, curious, eager, original, hard-working, brave though... 
by RuthDE | Mar 14, 2019 | 2019, Daily Telegraph, Journalism
Published: 14 March 2019Most law-abiding people in Northern Ireland believe that anyone who committed a crime should be brought to justice – and that the terrible events of Bloody Sunday were inexcusable. What is causing enormous distress is the completely... 
by RuthDE | Mar 11, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Gerry Adams will not appreciate Hollywood’s plan to tell the story of tragic widow, says Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 11 March 2019 One of my abiding hopes, and I am an optimist, is that Nemesis will yet catch up with Gerry Adams, that poster boy for Teflon.... 
by RuthDE | Mar 11, 2019 | 2019, Journalism, Sunday Independent
Sinn Fein/IRA might have stopped killing, but their destructiveness means they’re still a cancer on our islandPublished: 10 March 2019This column is packing its bags, so I thought I’d do a bit of a trip down memory lane.Just over 25 years ago, in January... 
by RuthDE | Feb 25, 2019 | 2019, Journalism, Sunday Independent
Gerry Adams didn’t understand the south, but Mary Lou McDonald is even worse about the North, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 24 February 2019 I was caught unawares last Tuesday on BBC Radio Ulster’s Stephen Nolan morning show by Mary Lou... 
by RuthDE | Feb 4, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Being consistent and unbending on backstop can wrestle concessions from EU, argues Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 4 February 2019 I was lamenting on Saturday, as I so often do these days, the complete uselessness of the current British Government in its negotiations... 
by RuthDE | Jan 14, 2019 | 2019, Journalism, Sunday Independent
Sinn Fein’s refusal to allow its representatives to vote with their consciences may prove very costly, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 13 January 2019 ‘How many Cork people does it take to found a movement to break the political cartel?”... 
