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    Jude Webber

    Ireland Correspondent

    Jude Webber is Ireland correspondent, covering all developments in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Jude moved to her current role after 21 years in Latin America, covering most of the continent including Peru, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and most recently Mexico and Central America. Prior to joining the FT in 2007, she worked for 15 years as a foreign correspondent for Reuters.
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    • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
      UK general election 2024
      Can Labour revive Northern Ireland’s economy?

      Region hobbled by some of the UK’s lowest educational attainment, productivity and skills

      Generation Innovation and Catalyst campus in Belfast
    • Monday, 8 July, 2024
      Fishing industry
      Wild salmon were an Irish icon. Now they’re almost gone

      The nation’s inability to protect a species that has such cultural power looks both cavalier and foolish

      Salmon Fishing in Ireland
    • Saturday, 6 July, 2024
      Diageo PLC
      Women and younger drinkers drive Guinness revival

      Diageo’s Irish stout loses laddish image and finds new consumers to become UK’s favourite beer

      Montage including a Guinness can
    • Friday, 5 July, 2024
      UK general election 2024
      DUP loses seats as unionist vote splinters

      Ian Paisley Jr ousted by hardline party allied to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK

      Ian Paisley Jr after being beaten in North Antrim
    • Friday, 5 July, 2024
      Irish economy
      Ireland’s central bank chief warns Dublin against pre-election giveaways

      Gabriel Makhlouf says using vast budget surplus to fund cost-of-living relief would risk stoking inflation

      Gabriel Makhlouf
    • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
      Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc
      Boeing’s $4.7bn Spirit deal sparks fears over future of Belfast jobs

      Politicians and union leaders warn against dismantling the aircraft supplier in Northern Ireland as Airbus considers options

      Spirt AeroSystems headquarters in Kansas
    • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
      News in-depthUK general election 2024
      UK’s most marginal constituency braced for election ‘dogfight’

      Sinn Féin hopes Fermanagh and South Tyrone will help it become Northern Ireland’s largest party at Westminster

      Enniskillen, County Fermanagh
    • Friday, 14 June, 2024
      Europe Express
      Why an eastern push could speed up the EU top jobs debate Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Ireland’s population may be growing faster than previously thought

      Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas
    • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
      Northern Ireland
      N Ireland’s chance of Euro 28 football boost being ‘squandered’ by lack of funding

      Refurbishment of Belfast’s derelict Casement Park stadium has stalled as UK government financing has failed to materialise

      Casement Park
    • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
      Harland & Wolff Holdings PLC
      Harland & Wolff in pay talks with unions after workers vote to strike

      Walkout threat at historic Belfast shipyard adds to woes of lossmaking company

      The Harland & Wolff Samson and Goliath shipbuilding gantry cranes at Belfast Harbour
    • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
      Special ReportWomen in Business
      Tina McKenzie: on a mission to make ‘a real difference’ in Northern Ireland

      The Belfast-based entrepreneur talks about starting up, working hard — and a shortlived foray into politics

      A middle-aged woman in casual office attire, she’s sitting at a desk, smiling for the camera
    • Monday, 10 June, 2024
      UK general election 2024
      Farage says Reform support nearing electoral tipping point for Tories

      Arch-Brexiter claims Sunak’s decision to leave D-Day commemorations early has gone down ‘very badly’ with voters

      Nigel Farage
    • Sunday, 9 June, 2024
      Ireland
      Sinn Féin falters in Irish local elections

      Nationalist ambitions to lead next government undercut by poor showing against rivals

      Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald casts her vote in Dublin in elections on Friday
    • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
      UK general election 2024
      Deal to restore N Ireland’s executive oversold, says DUP leader

      Gavin Robinson expects Brexit to again loom within unionism during the general election campaign

      Gavin Robinson speaks to the media in Belfast
    • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
      News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war
      Israel’s ‘trolling’ foreign minister confronts the world

      Foreign minister Katz has shunned diplomatic protocol to lampoon critics with cartoonish social media posts

      A combination image of Israel Katz with two of his tweets
    • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
      UK devolution
      UK election set to delay critical regional legislation

      Northern Ireland and Scotland have to push back programmes for government and other important fiscal and energy plans

      Michelle O’Neill, Northern Ireland first minister
    • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
      Israel-Hamas war
      Spain, Ireland and Norway recognise Palestine

      Israel accuses PM Pedro Sánchez of complicity in inciting ‘genocide’ of Jews and war crimes

      Pedro Sánchez speaking
    • Sunday, 26 May, 2024
      Batteries
      ‘EV is boring, it’s all solved’: Why an Irish battery company is going off-road

      Xerotech is pushing into the small but growing market to electrify trucks, diggers and other heavy vehicles

    • Thursday, 23 May, 2024
      Europe Express
      Why EU countries are split over recognising Palestine Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: putting sanctions on Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers

      Palestinians inspect the damage following Israeli bombardment early on May 22, 2024 on the town of al-Zawaida in the Deir al-Balah governorate in central Gaza
    • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
      Palestinian territories
      Israel recalls envoys as Spain, Ireland and Norway recognise Palestinian state

      Irish leader says more countries to join recognition push taking effect next week

      Displaced Palestinians walk around a puddle in front of destroyed buildings
    • Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
      UK companies
      Ministers split over aid for Titanic shipbuilder Harland & Wolff

      UK chancellor ‘dragging feet’ over £200mn package for Belfast group

      The Harland & Wolff Samson and Goliath shipbuilding gantry cranes at Belfast Harbour, Northern Ireland
    • Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
      OutlookNorthern Ireland
      Mistrust dogs the UK’s plan for a history of the Troubles

      Critics of the project have been at pains to point out that Britain was no innocent bystander in the conflict

      Black and white photo of children picking stone up from a broken road to throw at riot police during the Troubles
    • Monday, 13 May, 2024
      Intel Corp
      Apollo and Intel enter talks to finance $11bn chip plant in Ireland

      Discussions come as private capital groups are increasingly tapped by large corporations to fund expansions

    • Monday, 13 May, 2024
      UK immigration
      Northern Ireland court strikes down key parts of UK Illegal Migration Act

      Ruling means contentious Rwanda asylum policy would not apply in region

      The High Court in Northern Ireland
    • Sunday, 12 May, 2024
      Northern Ireland
      N Ireland should cut corporate tax to boost growth, says business lobby

      Gulf between headline rate in UK and Ireland is deterring investors, argues Federation of Small Businesses

      The Belfast harbour estate can be seen alongside the Belfast city skyline on January 17, 2023 in Belfast, Northern Ireland
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