An unlikely trio were linked in the news last week: Kenny Donaldson, Joe Brolly and Bernadette McAliskey. Published: 4 January 2022 My friend Kenny was recognised in the New Year Honours list with an MBE for his magnificent work as Director of Services at the South...
Every time I hear the sanctimonious voice of Peter Hain — that one-time rebel and enthusiast for Irish unity who in 2015 swapped his Commons seat for a peerage — I struggle to understand why the media think him an expert on legacy issues. Published: 18 May 2021 There...
It’s got to the stage that people are afraid to say anything in case they get sued, Ruth,” wrote Dr Ken Funston, manager of the Advocacy for Innocent Victims team of SEFF (South East Fermanagh Foundation) last week during a Facebook debate. Published: 13 October 2020...
I come from Dublin and live in London, but I love Northern Ireland and have been missing it and my friends here during lockdown Published: 7 October 2020 So I was glad to go to Belfast last week, even though it was for consultations with lawyers about yet another...
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....
They lived only to make music but the IRA killed them anyway, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 16 September 2019 The 11 young men of the renowned Royal Marines Band Service who were massacred by the bomb planted at Deal Barracks on September 22, 1989 were not...
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...
As republicans dissemble in order to cover up their murderous past, decent people know truth, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 8 October 2018 Another week in Sinn Fein’s historical rewriting project brought us a major contribution from Gerry Kelly, one of...
If Sinn Fein wins on the legacy proposals our government endorses, the law will become an accessory after the fact, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 16 September 2018 I’m rejoicing that the brave and dogged Mairia Cahill has been vindicated, that the PSNI...
