As I got to know people in Northern Ireland who had been caught up by terrible events, I developed a great admiration for ordinary people who cope courageously with extraordinary challenges. Published: 9 February 2021 Most recently we have the phenomenon of Captain...
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...
Sinn Fein’s mendacious rewriting of history now sees its members recast as civil rights heroes Published: Sunday 20 May 2018 Of course I know that the bloodstained record it defends, and the lies, corruption and destructiveness of the contemporary Irish...
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...
What was charity thinking, considering the number of children to die at hands of republicans, asks Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 12 March 2018 Last week, Barnardo’s Ireland issued a happy tweet along with a smiley photograph: “Great to have so many@sinnfeinireland...
There will never be a better opportunity to stand up for the decent people, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 22 January 2018 One of the unintended consequences of Barry McElduff’s infamous Kingsmill-related tweet was that victims of paramilitary terrorism...
If you look for attention on social media, you best be careful what you wish for, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 8 January 2018 I was just poised to write about ‘Tweeting Lord Kilclooney’ (as I think of him these days), though he was just humble UUP...
