by RuthDE | Mar 5, 2025 | 2025, Daily Telegraph, Journalism, March
The Russian menace has stirred the nation from its long and dishonourable torpor Published: 4 March 2025 It has been more than a century since Irish independence. But until now threats to national security have not seriously troubled politicians in the Republic of...
by RuthDE | Jun 27, 2023 | 2023, Belfast News Letter, Journalism, June
I try to be fair, even to such irritating people as Michael D Higgins, Ireland’s president since 2011. Published: 27 June 2023 But his self-importance, silliness, vanity and sanctimony grate on me, as well as his arrogance and self-aggrandisement in trampling on the...
by RuthDE | Aug 25, 2022 | 2022, August, Daily Telegraph, Journalism
Every political leader deserves a break, but this was a blatant dereliction of duty at a time of war Published: 24 August 2022 At first, my instinct was to sympathise with Sanna Marin, the 36-year-old prime minister of Finland, who is in a media storm over videos of...
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 | Oct 9, 2018 | 2018, Journalism, Sunday Independent
It’s an unexciting field in the race for the presidency, but that’s no reason to vote for the horse we know best, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 7 October 2018 Try as I might, I can’t yet find a candidate to cheer for in the presidential race....
