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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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    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      UK politics
      Council of Europe urges UK to repeal parts of Troubles legacy law

      Legislation could grant immunity to those accused of committing N Ireland atrocities

      Relatives of victims killed during Northern Ireland’s Troubles protesting in Belfast on September 11 2023
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      NatWest Group
      NatWest to examine Irish unit over small business loans

      UK bank tells regulator of ‘remediation’ plans to explore Ulster Bank customers’ allegations

      Ulster Bank offices in Dublin
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      TikTok Inc
      EU fines TikTok €345mn for breaching children’s data rules

      Probe finds Chinese social media app infringed regulations for users aged under 17

      TikTok sign in front of an office window
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      News in-depthNorthern Ireland
      Northern Ireland instability sparks calls for reform of Good Friday pact

      Tension between London and Dublin amid prolonged Stormont deadlock have left landmark deal ‘in jeopardy’

    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      EY
      EY to create more than 1,000 jobs in Northern Ireland

      Big Four auditor to double its employment in region while trimming jobs and pay elsewhere in UK

      EY sign on its offices in London, UK
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      Smurfit Kappa Group PLC
      Smurfit chief defends switching main listing to New York after WestRock deal

      Irish group’s tie-up with US rival will create world’s largest packaging company

      A Smurfit Kappa packaging factory in the UK
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      Northern Ireland
      UK to welcome 200 companies to N Ireland

      Investment summit comes against backdrop of more than a year of political paralysis in the region

      Arthur Square in Belfast
    • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
      Northern Ireland
      EU and UK to unveil €1bn in N Ireland funding to boost reconciliation

      UK, Irish and Brussels officials to use Belfast event to discuss increasing strains on relations

      Irish taoiseach Leo Varadkar
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      Ireland
      Ireland’s dairy farmers in crisis over EU nitrogen cap

      Producers face having to cull cows or find more land after government says bloc’s decision will not be overturned

      A farmer rounds up cows in Aherla, County Cork, Ireland
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      Smurfit Kappa Group PLC
      Smurfit Kappa in $20bn merger talks with WestRock

      Europe’s biggest packaging company says it would shift primary listing to US should deal complete

      An employee prepares cardboard boxes for dispatch at a Smurfit Kappa corrugated packaging factory in the UK
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      UK politics
      Northern Ireland amnesty bill clears final hurdle

      Critics call UK legislation, which will end new inquests into atrocities, a ‘betrayal’ of victims of the Troubles

      Images of victims of the Northern Ireland Troubles are projected on to the Houses of Parliament ahead of the Commons vote
    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      Northern Ireland
      Northern Ireland’s police chief steps down after string of scandals

      Simon Byrne bows to pressure over his actions in disciplining officers two years ago

      Police Service of Northern Ireland chief constable Simon Byrne
    • Sunday, 3 September, 2023
      Northern Ireland
      Ireland seeks legal advice on court action against UK’s ‘Troubles’ legacy bill

      Potential challenge to draft legislation that would shut down new inquests and allow for amnesties

      Three suspects facing a wall, with their hands against it, have their pockets searched by soldiers
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      Irish economy
      Irish manufacturers buck European trend with rise in activity

      Export orders jump and companies hire workers at fastest pace since February while broader regional economy remains weak

      Workers assemble wiring into the cab of a forklift truck on the production line at the Combilift factory in Monaghan, Ireland
    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      Northern Ireland
      Northern Ireland police chief refuses to quit over latest controversy

      Pressure mounts on Simon Byrne after High Court ruling on disciplining of two officers

      PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne emerges from questioning by the Northern Ireland Policing Board
    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      Special ReportFT Wealth: September
      Asset managers target Ireland’s rising number of affluent individuals

      Strong economic growth has boosted prosperity and increased the demand for financial planning and investment advice

      A busy shopping street in Dublin
    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      Northern Ireland
      N Ireland police make arrest after data leak of officers’ details

      PSNI says man held on suspicion of collection of information likely to be useful to terrorists

      PSNI headquarters in Belfast
    • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
      Northern Ireland
      N Ireland terror anniversary overshadowed by fear over police data leak

      Dissident republicans stuck excerpts from the list on a wall in Belfast

      Kevin Skeldon lays flowers at the site of the Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland
    • Monday, 14 August, 2023
      Northern Ireland
      N Ireland police confirm leaked data in hands of dissidents

      PSNI officers fear they have a target on their backs after data blunder

    • Monday, 14 August, 2023
      Northern Ireland
      N Ireland business activity falls as political impasse takes toll

      UK government hopes investment summit next month will provide ‘rocket fuel’ for expansion

      Shoppers near Belfast City Hall in Northern Ireland
    • Friday, 11 August, 2023
      Northern Ireland
      DUP urges recall of UK parliament over N Ireland police data leak

      Ian Paisley Jr says security implications of ‘catastrophic’ blunder should be discussed by MPs

      Simon Byrne, chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, arrives for an emergency meeting of the region’s policing board in Belfast on Thursday
    • Friday, 11 August, 2023
      Ireland
      Irish farmers pressured to cull up to 200,000 cows to meet climate goals

      Dairy farming produces much of Ireland’s emissions, but herd-owners say large-scale culling is not the answer

      A man in a field with cows
    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      Northern Ireland
      N Ireland police faces fines and compensation claims after data blunder

      Force admits sensitive information could have fallen into the hands of paramilitary groups

    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      Britain after Brexit
      Jeffrey Donaldson faces his ‘Trimble moment’ in Northern Ireland Premium content

      Also in this week’s newsletter, how Northern Ireland punches well above its weight in attracting investment

      Jeffrey Donaldson
    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Northern Ireland police data breaches raise questions of incompetence

      Also in this newsletter, tension over reports that Royal College of Nursing head has waded into reunification debate

      Warning signs for the Police Service of Northern Ireland along the Shankill Road, West Belfast
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