by RuthDE | Apr 23, 2024 | 2024, April, Belfast News Letter, Journalism
I spent years trying to fathom why so many in the Irish nationalist tribe from which I came were so tolerant of IRA mass murderers and so hostile to their victims. Published: 23 April 2024 Along with that went an antipathy to journalists who tell inconvenient truths....
by RuthDE | Feb 22, 2022 | 2022, Belfast News Letter, February, Journalism
Mick Fealty of the invaluable website sluggerotoole.com wrote for so many of us on Sunday after hearing the terrible news. Published: 22 February 2022 “The DUP MLA Christopher Stalford was one of the good guys. He was always sincere in his politics, proud of the fact...
by RuthDE | Aug 10, 2021 | 2021, August, Belfast News Letter, Journalism
First, I’d like to say that that though I wish him the very best, I’m sorry that Sam McBride is leaving the News Letter to take up an offer he can’t refuse. Published: 10 August 2021 I am proud to write for a newspaper that gives journalists their heads and allows...
by RuthDE | Oct 28, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism, October
Tribal politics at very heart of scandal over botched green energy scheme, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 28 October 2019 In the last few days travelling in the American Midwest, my constant companion was Sam McBride’s riveting Burned: The Inside Story Of...
