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.