by RuthDE | Feb 24, 2023 | 2023, Daily Mail, February, Journalism
An old friend from Omagh, an ex-member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary called me to tell me of the attempted police killing. Published: 23 February 2023 An old friend from Omagh, an ex-member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) — the predecessor of the Police...
by RuthDE | Oct 26, 2021 | 2021, Belfast News Letter, Journalism, October
Before I get to my main subject, Joe Brolly, I can’t resist commenting on the startling sight in this newspaper. Published: 26 October 2021 Breandán MacCionnaith, now secretary of something called the Garvaghy Road Mayfair Business Centre, in a photograph of five...
by RuthDE | Dec 2, 2020 | 2020, Belfast News Letter, Journalism, November
I’m very relieved that Secretary of State Brandon Lewis did not cave into the pressure from politicians at home and abroad by setting up a public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane. Published: 1 December 2020 He has not said there will never be such an inquiry,...
by RuthDE | Jan 6, 2020 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, December, Journalism
Many ex-terrorists will be feeling uneasy after John Downey was found liable for atrocity, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 22 December 2019 Victims of two terrible crimes – the Hyde Park and Omagh bombings – have had notable victories this year....
by RuthDE | Apr 29, 2019 | 2019, April, Journalism, Reaction
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...
by RuthDE | Apr 23, 2019 | 2019, April, Journalism, Sunday Independent
Lyra McKee was a brilliant journalist on the cusp of success, but also a wonderful friend, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 21 April 2019 At 6.30 last Friday morning I opened the email from Ann Travers with the subject “Shocking news”. It turned out I...
by RuthDE | May 8, 2018 | 2018, Journalism, Sunday Independent
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...
