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Jude Webber

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Ireland correspondent Financial Times - all things N&S. Transplanted from Latam. All views own etc

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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Your excuse to watch the brilliant Lisa McGee’s new show. Unmissable! as.ft.com/r/fa14b2b8-2...
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How to get to TV heaven? From Belfast
[FREE TO READ] Lisa McGee’s new Netflix drama comes as Northern Ireland enjoys a film and TV boom
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
I really enjoyed interviewing the artist Colin Davidson for this piece: as.ft.com/r/e2962f18-6...
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Colin Davidson and the art of looking harder
[FREE TO READ] The Northern Irish artist has painted everyone from rock stars to royalty to victims of the Troubles — but each, he says, is a kind of self portrait
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I want to read them all. Bookmark this...
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
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‘Affordability is off the scale’: Belfast’s red-hot rental market
[FREE TO READ] Northern Ireland’s gentrifying capital of swagger and soul is reeling as rents rise faster than anywhere in the UK
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Great insight into NZ rate-setting decisions from the peerless Rebecca Howard businessdesk.co.nz/article/econ...
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Behind closed doors at the RBNZ: The marathon to set interest rates
When Anna Breman becomes Reserve Bank of New Zealand governor on Dec 1, she gains a powerful title – but only one vote when it comes to setting interest r...
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
With the excellent @helenwarrell.bsky.social we dive into Ireland's defence vulnerability here...
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FT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 25/11/2025
When it comes to modern war, Ireland is a high-value target: its waters on the western fringe of Europe contain three-quarters of all undersea cables in the northern hemisphere. Despite this, is unprotected and unprepared. An #FTEdit 🧵 on why this determinedly neutral nation is Europe's weak link 👇
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“We’re a member of the EU but we’re not a member of Nato… If you wanted to strike at the European Union without any fear of Nato retaliation, then Ireland is ground zero.”
Attributed to Cathal Berry, former second-in-command of the Irish army’s Army Ranger Wing.
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
32 Words was the first book I read in Ireland. I met Manchán for coffee and found him fascinating and generous. To the many, well-deserved, tributes to his infectious energy and enthusiasm for Irish and its cultural heritage, here’s mine: on.ft.com/4n1N61Y
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‘Not a wake but a hurlamaboc’: Manchán Magan and the rise of the Irish language
[FREE TO READ] Ireland’s ancient language and folklore are having a renaissance. For the Celtic-curious, Magan, who died last week, is a wonderful place to start
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
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Belfast rap group Kneecap defiant ahead of UK terrorism hearing
Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, aka Mo Chara, due in Westminster Magistrates’ Court over alleged Hizbollah flag incident
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
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‘Locals live here’: racist attacks inflame Northern Ireland’s divisions
[FREE TO READ] Police chief appeals for end to anti-immigrant violence in region with painful past
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
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Sexism in sportswear: the fight over women’s skorts
[FREE TO READ] After high-profile pitch stand-offs, players can finally wear shorts
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
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200-year-old newspaper fights decline of UK local media
[FREE TO READ] Northern Ireland’s Impartial Reporter revamps as local press battles for readers in tough online world
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
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Gerry Adams wins defamation case against BBC
[FREE TO READ] Veteran republican leader awarded €100,000 in damages
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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Top Kinahan drug cartel sidekick extradited to Ireland from UAE
[FREE TO READ] Pressure rises on organisation’s boss Daniel Kinahan, who remains in Dubai, as Sean McGovern is charged in Dublin
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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Top Kinahan drug cartel sidekick extradited to Ireland from UAE
[FREE TO READ] Historic move increases pressure on organisation’s boss Daniel Kinahan, holed up in Dubai
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
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Ireland moves to ban trade with Israeli businesses in occupied Palestinian territories
[FREE TO READ] Bill to focus on goods as government says it cannot target services such as Airbnb rentals
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
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Member of Belfast rap trio Kneecap charged with terror offence
[FREE TO READ] Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh to appear in court in London next month over allegations of waving a Hizbollah flag at a concert
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
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Member of Belfast rap trio Kneecap charged with terror offence
[FREE TO READ] Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh to appear in court in London next month over allegations of waving a Hizbollah flag at a concert
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Another reason to hate X - it appears to have deleted my profile. I couldn't sign in, so reset the password after many attempts and I've only just noticed that it has set up a whole new account. Just. So. Tedious.
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
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How Trump’s tariffs threaten Ireland’s pharma fortune
The pharma hub stands to lose a lot in the US president’s second term
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
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US lawmakers warn over delays to major gold mine in Northern Ireland
[FREE TO READ] Backers fear long planning process for Curraghinalt project could deter other investors in one of poorest UK regions
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
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Ireland leads charge to force Big Tech to vet financial ads for scams
[FREE TO READ] EU member states push for rule change to make tech groups shoulder responsibility for fraud that costs billions each year
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Kevin Farrell, the cardinal running the papal conclave www.ft.com/content/e675... via @ft
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Kevin Farrell, the cardinal running the papal conclave
The Irish-American camerlengo is responsible for overseeing the Vatican’s secretive election to choose the next pope
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
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From presidents to hillbillies, Northern Ireland wants more recognition in the US
[FREE TO READ] Its influence in America has long played second fiddle to that of émigrés from the Republic of Ireland
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
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Tech firms pivot to defence in neutral Ireland as EU re-arms
[FREE TO READ] Radar, AI and subsea surveillance are big growth areas for security technology with dual uses
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
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Trump tariffs bring furrowed brows to Ireland’s Botox town
[FREE TO READ] Westport makes the world’s entire supply of the anti-wrinkle drug — now it fears production could move to the US
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
The buzz over rare earths is growing. I visited a Belfast company recycling magnets and separating the four most valuable rare earth oxides as it plans US expansion www.ft.com/content/a8c8...
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Belfast magnet recycling start-up offers rare earth promise
Ionic Technologies says it is the only company outside China able to separate the four most valuable oxides
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
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Neutral Ireland insists it will ‘not be found wanting’ on Ukraine peacekeeping
[FREE TO READ] Foreign minister Simon Harris presenting bill to cabinet to relax rules on Irish troop deployment
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will pass through Shannon in Ireland on Thursday en route to the US; Irish Taoiseach to meet him
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
The idiot wind now howling through the US offers Ireland a transformative windfall www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Fintan O’Toole: Trump and Musk’s war on science presents a startling opportunity for Ireland
Fintan O’Toole: Trump is complaining that we pick America’s pocket. Fair enough – we should instead pick America’s brains
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
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Europe and US clash over Ukraine in G7 and UN
EU and Trump administration differ over blaming Russia in rival draft resolutions
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
The strange reinvention of Dublin’s notorious ‘Monk’ www.ft.com/content/789d... via @ft
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The strange reinvention of Dublin’s notorious ‘Monk’
Gerry Hutch was once among Ireland’s most wanted criminals. How did he come to be standing for election?
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
loving the byline - Helen Catt bbc.com/news/article...
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Foreign Office cat Palmerston starts purr-litical job in Bermuda
Palmerston is acting as a "feline relations consultant" to the new governor of Bermuda Andrew Murdoch.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Google bends the knee to Trump.
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Excellent NI think-tank Pivotal look at progress a year into the restored Stormont pivotalppf.org/cmsfiles/Pub...
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Dan McCrum @mccrum.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
"When you're buying a Tesla, you're backing a far right activist," argues Led by Donkeys in a short film about Musk's recent support of extreme figures
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Schrodinger's cap. Genius.
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
After a chaotic day in Ireland's parliament, the Dáil, involving LOTS of shouting, the session has been suspended until tomorrow, the plan to elect Micheál Martin as Taoiseach has been pushed back and there's no solution to the oposition-govt row that triggered all this.
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Shouty, chaotic Dáil scenes today as a row erupts in Ireland's parliament over speaking rights for independent deputies that have joined the govt ... which is supposed to be being sworn in today.
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
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Trump threatens to double tax rates for foreign nationals and companies
[FREE TO READ] President orders officials to draw up retaliatory measures against ‘extraterritorial’ taxes
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
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‘Housewife of the Year’ challenges Ireland’s progressive self-image
[FREE TO READ] The old-fashioned competition, now the subject of a documentary, shows how far the country has come
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I love this. Also loved the air kiss because the brim prevented the Donald from touching Melania's cheek...
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I am enjoying Kamala Harris' expression of studied boredom at the inauguration
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
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Keir Starmer vows to prevent Gerry Adams from claiming compensation
[FREE TO READ] Tories blast UK government plans to repeal parts of Legacy Act
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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Plenty to look forward to among these debut novels profiled in The Irish Times today. Would also recommend Nesting by Roisin O'Donnell, which is out next week and The Beneficiaries by Wendy Erskine, which I'm halfway through and loving. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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Irish debut authors 2025: It’s already shaping up to be a vintage year
There are several new books from debut authors to look forward to this year, including work from Garrett Carr, Róisín Lanigan, Elaine Garvey and more
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Eoghan Walsh @eoghanwalshbxl.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
The time of social media is over. The era of trolls is here www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content
Mark Zuckerberg says company will ‘dramatically reduce censorship’ across Facebook, Instagram and Threads
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Great analysis here from Barra on why Irish infrastructure gets tied up in knots ... open.substack.com/pub/howtotax...
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Ireland's procedure fetish
Overly stringent procedural requirements are hobbling the state's ability to deliver the infrastructure and housing we need
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Harland & Wolff rescued in time for Christmas... on.ft.com/3P2Puae
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Navantia to rescue shipbuilder Harland & Wolff
[FREE TO READ] UK government offers more generous terms on Royal Navy contract to Spanish defence group for ailing Belfast company
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Lenny Abrahamson @lennyabrahamson.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Sherlock chases the Monk - newly discovered Conan Doyle none of us were expecting.
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David McCullagh @mcculld.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
#ExitPoll incoming in 23 minutes!!! #GE24
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