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...
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...
Published: 19 April 2019 Lyra was killed yesterday in Londonderry whilst covering riots in Creggan She had previously investigated the Ulster Unionist MP Robert Bradford The 29-year-old was only eight-years-old when the Troubles came to an end Age, religion,...
As republicans dissemble in order to cover up their murderous past, decent people know truth, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 8 October 2018 Another week in Sinn Fein’s historical rewriting project brought us a major contribution from Gerry Kelly, one of...
The two big parties are conspiring to share financial spoils for electoral reasons, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 28 May 2018 When the DUP and Sinn Fein achieved electoral dominance and the late Chuckle Brothers – Martin McGuinness and Ian Paisley...
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...
O’Neill’s attack on violence of dissidents just lot of hot air as long as she still eulogises IRA Published: 9 April 2018 We’re all supposed to be thrilled that Michelle O’Neill said those who rioted in Londonderry on Easter Monday should be...
