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...
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...
Last Wednesday was the second anniversary of the murder of my friend Lyra McKee, shot dead by a member of the New IRA who had been targeting police. Published: 6 April 2021 The alleged murderer is back in Derry and there is insufficient evidence to charge him. Friday...
My hope for post-Brexit, post-Covid Northern Ireland is that its good people work together to exploit future opportunities. Published: 5 January 2021 They will have to do so despite the continual destructiveness of Sinn Fein, which skilfully uses its dark arts to...
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: 23 April 2019 “What we are seeing is a new breed of terrorist coming through the ranks, and that is a very worrying situation,” said Detective Superintendent Jason Murphy on Saturday, as two teenagers were being questioned in Belfast under the Terrorism Act...
Published: 21 April 2019 I’ve been writing and talking about my dead friend Lyra McKee for the best part of two days, and have little to add to my tributes to the talented, lovable, warm, kind, empathetic, funny, curious, eager, original, hard-working, brave though...
A festival with The Wolfe Tones top of the bill can only send one message to unionists, says Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 20 August 2018 If you book The Wolfe Tones, you’re licensing a group to sing rabble-rousing songs about how the IRA stood up for Mopes (most...
