Chris Ryder was a journalist and author originally from Northern Ireland.

Chris Ryder was born in Newry in 1947. He attended St. Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Belfast.[1]

He worked as a journalist for several newspapers including the Belfast Telegraph, the Sunday Times and the Daily Telegraph.[2] He was targeted for murder by the IRA as a result of his reports on the group's racketeering in the Sunday Times.[3]

Between 1994 and 1997 he was a member of the Police Authority for Northern Ireland.[4] In 2011 he brought a case against the Policing Board to the Fair Employment Tribunal for its failure to interview him for membership of the board. The board settled out of court.[5]

He wrote books on the Royal Ulster Constabulary, the Ulster Defence Regiment and the Northern Ireland Prison Services.

He died in Belfast in 2020.[6]

Bibliography

  • Ryder, C. (1989). The RUC: A Force Under Fire. London: Methuen.
  • Ryder, C. (1991). The Ulster Defence Regiment: An instrument of peace. London: Methuen.
  • Ryder, C. (2001). Drumcree: The Orange Order's Last Stand. London: Methuen.
  • Ryder, C. (2004). The Fateful Split: Catholics and The Royal Ulster Constabulary. London: Methuen.

References

  1. ↑ "St. Mary's Past Pupils". Edmund Rice Schools Trust. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Chris Ryder : Journalist and author dies aged 73". BBC Northern Ireland. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Chris Ryder obituary". The Times. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "A good old-fashioned hack". Esther Blueburger. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "NI Policing Board makes 'gross misuse of public money'". BBC Northern Ireland. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  6. ↑ McDonald, Henry. "Chris Ryder obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
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