It takes bravery to put your head above the parapet and challenge convention, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 1 July 2019 I went last week to the award of the Contrarian Prize in London. The dictionary definition of a contrarian is “a person who opposes or...
Published: 1 February 2019I can’t resist joining the Reaction argument over Irish journalist Fintan O’Toole. Writing for this site earlier this week, Eilis O’Hanlon, my esteemed colleague on the Sunday Independent and the Belfast Telegraph, accused him of having...
Memorial service saw an extraordinary cast of characters honour a good and brave man, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 25 March 2018 ‘If we can’t forgive Sean O’Callaghan, who can we forgive?” was asked by a born-again Christian last...
It doesn’t really fit the republican narrative, says Ruth Dudley Edwards, but Sean O’Callaghan was greatly loved Published: 24 March 2018 The first song from the choir last Wednesday at the “Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving” for...
