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 | Nov 28, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Martin McGuinness’ brother latest recruit to growing anti-abortion movement, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 26 November 2018 One of the most famous quotes attributed to the Dublin writer and wit Brendan Behan is that the first item on the agenda of any... 
by RuthDE | Nov 28, 2018 | 2018, Journalism, Sunday Independent
Defections, bad company, shocking manners and evading the truth make for a bad week, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 25 November 2019 Bearing in mind that Mary Lou McDonald persistently denies that her party’s haemorrhaging of elected representatives is... 
by RuthDE | Nov 5, 2018 | 2018, Journalism, Sunday Independent
The disastrous Sinn Fein electoral performance has seriously weakened Mary Lou McDonald, says Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 4 November 2018 So who really runs Sinn Fein? The same people as always, mostly. Despite what seem to be Mary Lou McDonald’s occasional... 
by RuthDE | Oct 22, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Demise of NI Memorial Fund due to its exclusion of perpetrators a sad indictment, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 22 October 2018 An extraordinary succession of newspaper articles reveal starkly how in this century successive governments – British and... 
by RuthDE | Oct 10, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
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... 
by RuthDE | Aug 29, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Twenty years after the bomb which killed 31 people, their relatives continue to fight on for the £1.6m in damages, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 11 August 2018 This Wednesday, August 15, 20 years after the terrible Omagh bomb, I’ll be at St... 
by RuthDE | Jul 26, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
The timing of the MP’s suspension is difficult for the Tories, the DUP and SF, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 23 July 2018 I can’t pretend to be astounded by the news about DUP MP Ian Paisley in relation to eye-wateringly luxurious and undeclared... 
by RuthDE | Jul 9, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
The Defence Minister’s amnesty proposal gives republicans credibility they have craved, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 9 July 2018 Just before writing about legacy issues, I read Gerry Adams’ blog about the erection of a stone dedicated to Martin... 
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...
