by RuthDE | Dec 4, 2018 | 2018, Journalism, Sunday Independent
When I put myself in Mary Lou McDonald’s shoes, I can almost feel some sympathy for herPublished: 2 December 2018Well, goodness me, poor Mary Lou McDonald continues to have a really rough time.Even the Taoiseach – who up to now appeared to be in blissful... 
by RuthDE | Sep 24, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
SF got off lightly after its pathetic response to Ombudsman’s report on abuse probe, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 24 September 2018 There was plenty of bile on Twitter the day after the Spotlight interview with Mairia Cahill about the Police... 
by RuthDE | Sep 10, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
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... 
by RuthDE | Sep 3, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
A festival with The Wolfe Tones top of the bill can only send one message to unionists, says Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 20 August 2018 If you book The Wolfe Tones, you’re licensing a group to sing rabble-rousing songs about how the IRA stood up for Mopes (most... 
by RuthDE | Aug 29, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Referendum to widen franchise on poll for head of state is new republican battleground, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 13 August 2018 Referendums, as we know all too well since the battles in the UK over Brexit and in the Irish Republic over same-sex marriage... 
by RuthDE | Jul 30, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
The pair would do well to remember what happened when Celtic Tiger died, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 30 July 2018 Simon Coveney, the Republic of Ireland’s Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, has been making his presence felt of late in the UK.... 
by RuthDE | Jul 30, 2018 | 2018, Journalism, Sunday Independent
Taoiseach’s attitude to Brexit is so extreme that he is becoming a British tabloid hate figure, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 29 July 2018 What on earth is going on with Leo Varadkar? Is he trying to appeal to Sinn Fein voters by making a bogus fuss... 
by RuthDE | Jun 27, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
North and south, self-styled progressives have turned into hectoring, secular bullies, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 25 June 2018 The noun “progressive” used to mean someone who advocated social reform. These days, in both jurisdictions on the... 
by RuthDE | Jun 19, 2018 | 2018, Journalism, Sunday Independent
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... 
by RuthDE | Jun 12, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
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...
