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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.
Email Jude Webber @jude_webber  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    Irish economy
    Ireland is awash with cash but needs an infrastructure vision

    Country struggling to catch up on needs of its expanding population amid near full employment

    View of the new children’s hospital being built in Dublin
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    Europe Express
    How the EU mainstream shifted to the right on outsourcing migration Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: fate of Lebanon peacekeepers overshadows Irish leader’s White House visit

    Migrants are assisted by the Spanish Salvamento Maritimo as they arrive to Los Cristianos harbor in Tenerife
  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    News in-depthIrish economy
    Ireland struggles to consolidate role as data centre hub

    Dublin goes from ‘leader to flounderer’ as planning and energy supply problems lead tech groups to invest elsewhere

    The Equinix DB5 Data centre campus in Dublin, Ireland
  • Sunday, 6 October, 2024
    Middle East war
    Ireland slams Israel’s ‘outrageous’ demands to its peacekeepers

    Irish president rejects Israeli calls for UN battalion to withdraw from southern Lebanon

    A UN armoured personnel carrier
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    The Big Read
    Has Sinn Féin missed its chance to govern Ireland?

    After watching its support slip dramatically, the pro-unity party has its work cut out to stage a comeback in a looming election

    Garda officers watch protesters at the entrance to the site of the former Crown Paints factory in Coolock, north Dublin, recently painted in the colours of the Irish tricolour
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    Irish economy
    Ireland promises cost-of-living help and tax cuts as election looms

    Government is flush with cash from windfall corporation tax receipts and is expected to go to the polls in weeks

    Finance minister Jack Chambers and public expenditure minister Paschal Donohoe waving
  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2024
    Harland & Wolff Group Holdings Plc
    Britain presses Spanish group to bid for Harland & Wolff’s UK shipyards

    Ministers are trying to protect jobs at the struggling shipbuilder

    Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast
  • Saturday, 21 September, 2024
    News in-depthHarland & Wolff Group Holdings Plc
    Harland & Wolff races to keep its shipyards alive

    Clock is ticking in search for buyers of 163-year-old Belfast landmark and three other works across UK

    A ship worker leaves the Harland and Wolff shipyard
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Northern Ireland
    NI appeal court deals blow to body investigating Troubles-era atrocities

    Government’s ability to veto sensitive information breaches international human rights law, court finds

  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    UK trade
    UK reviews plans for ‘not for EU’ meat and dairy labelling

    Ministers reconsider Tory policy after concerns from food industry and unionists

    ‘Not for EU’ Tesco own brand food label for meat and fresh produce moving between Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    Harland & Wolff Group Holdings Plc
    Harland & Wolff appoints administrators to wind up company

    Shipping group hopes to conclude a deal for its yards within weeks but sees ‘no return likely for shareholders’

    Welder works on a barge
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    Northern Ireland
    London scraps funding for Euro 2028 stadium upgrade in Northern Ireland

    Hilary Benn blames move on ballooning cost of rebuilding Belfast’s Casement Park for Uefa tournament

    Panoramic view of Casement Park GAA stadium in Belfast
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    Harland & Wolff Group Holdings Plc
    Titanic shipbuilder Harland & Wolff probes £25mn ‘misapplication’ of funds

    Interim executive chair says he has launched an ‘independent’ investigation

    Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Irish economy
    Ireland’s €13bn Apple windfall leaves cash-rich country with spending dilemma

    Dublin spent €10mn on legal fees defending tax deal that European court says contravened EU rules

  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Apple Inc
    Apple must pay €13bn in back taxes, top EU court rules

    European Court of Justice confirms Ireland provided ‘unlawful aid’ via tax deal and overturns a lower court decision

    Margrethe Vestager
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Jeffrey Donaldson
    Ex-DUP leader Donaldson and wife plead not guilty to historic sex offence charges

    Trial of former Democratic Unionist party MP set for next year

    Sir Jeffrey Donaldson leaving Newry Crown Court on Tuesday
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    Electric vehicles
    EU industry chief to berate Europe’s carmakers on slow EV drive Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Why Dublin airport’s passenger cap is provoking the US

    European Union Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton
  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
    The new economic nationalism
    China’s new back doors into western markets

    In the second part of a series on economic nationalism, we look at where Chinese companies are setting up shop to get around tariffs and barriers

    Montage of images of an electric car, a Shein shopping bag and the Singapore skyline
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    OutlookIreland
    The Irish schools experiment: a year for students to find themselves

    ‘Transition year’ part way through secondary school is a chance for personal development and community service

    A man in a brown suit smiles for the camera
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    Irish economy
    Dublin Airport chief says ‘outdated’ passenger cap puts 1,000 aviation jobs at risk

    Operator warns that limit of 32mn will hurt country’s foreign direct investment

    Several Ryanair planes are parked at Dublin Airport. Hangars are visible in the background.
  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    News in-depthIrish economy
    Ireland’s luxury problem: what to do with its €8.6bn surplus

    Some economists see a ‘once-in-a-generation’ chance for public investment, but Dublin says it must save for the future

    Shoppers on Grafton Street in Dublin
  • Sunday, 1 September, 2024
    UK politics
    UK parliament set for busy autumn as summer recess ends

    Senior minister promises ‘packed legislative agenda’ as politicians also return to Holyrood and Stormont

    Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks in the House of Commons
  • Friday, 30 August, 2024
    News in-depthNorthern Ireland
    Northern Ireland’s once-dominant parties fight to win back voters

    Selection of new leaders for UUP and SDLP sparks debate over future direction of groupings

    Montage of Colum Eastwood and Doug Beattie
  • Tuesday, 20 August, 2024
    Northern Ireland
    Exit of Ulster Unionist leader leaves party at a crossroads

    Once dominant organisation is struggling to appeal to younger voters in a fragmented political landscape

    Doug Beattie
  • Monday, 19 August, 2024
    Northern Ireland
    Northern Ireland police chief appeals to Keir Starmer for more funding

    Prime minister says immediate ‘support’ discussed in Belfast meeting but stops short of funding pledge

    Jon Boutcher speaks to media
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