by RuthDE | Jul 1, 2022 | 2022, Daily Telegraph, Journalism, July
The country thought it could have its cake and eat it, by relying on the hated British for its defence Published: 1 July 2022 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is posing Ireland – which is not a Nato member – with difficult choices. In its happy position of having next...
by RuthDE | Apr 20, 2021 | 2021, August, Belfast News Letter, Journalism
I’m writing a book about Royal consorts, so every part of his funeral that Prince Philip so meticulously planned was of interest to me. Published: 20 April 2021 From the poignancy of the jar of sugar cubes alongside the cap, gloves and lap blanket on the seat of the...
by RuthDE | Dec 9, 2020 | 2020, Belfast News Letter, December, Journalism
Published: 8 November 2020 “In current politics,” wrote respected political commentator Stephen Collins in the Irish Times on Friday, “there are two competing visions of Ireland’s future. “One is of a shared island in which all traditions are respected while the other...
by RuthDE | Mar 2, 2020 | 2020, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism, March
I’m pleased to report yet another victory for the right to tell the truth about this party, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 1 March 2020 I didn’t know until last week that there had been three complaints to the Independent Press Standards...
by RuthDE | Feb 10, 2020 | 2020, Daily Telegraph, February, Journalism
The general election results in Republic make me ashamed of my country, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 10 February 2020 Today I am ashamed of my country, a vast number of whose voters have intentionally or unwittingly just endorsed a fascist party. This reminds...
by RuthDE | May 21, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Once decent Labour Party must ditch the anti-Semitism and refind its soul, says Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 21 May 2018 Among the uglier manifestations of the new Labour establishment is a hatred of Israel so profound as to be indistinguishable from pathological...
by RuthDE | Feb 22, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Like Austria and Poland, Irish republicans try to cover up their complicity in crimes, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published 5 February 2018 The Polish Government is trying to legislate away the ugly truth that although many Poles fought heroically against the Nazis,...
