Last week Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris said he was establishing an independent statutory inquiry into the Omagh bombing. Published: 7 February 2023 Though I was pleased for those who had worked to achieve this, the news also worried me. Planted on a sunny...
Last week, the Irish Supreme Court ruled that the republican terrorist Liam Campbell can be extradited to Lithuania — an outcome his lawyers have been fighting for 12 years, I presume still on legal aid. Published: 17 May 2022 The European Arrest Warrant alleges that...
It was down memory lane again for me last month about the 1998 Omagh bomb, first with a conversation at a London party with David Trimble and Peter Mandelson, and then with two surprising court judgements in Belfast and Dublin. Published: 3 August 2021 After the three...
I spent the best part of three days reading newspapers and posts and tweets and listening to hours of radio and watching video clips relating to the British government’s proposals to draw a line under Troubles crimes. Published: 20 July 2021 In phone calls, people...
The bullet, or the bomb, that murders one person does incalculable damage to so many more people, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 11 March 2020 I have a terrible memory for faces, but I’ve never forgotten the image of Lyra McKee’s mother, Joan, as...
Many lodge members already attend funerals and weddings in Roman Catholic churches, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 1 April 2019 Last week the Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland at last got round to lifting the ban on its members entering Roman Catholic churches....
