‘Ford are willing to take on all comers in technology battle’, says William Clay Ford Jr

The global head of the Ford empire has sent a bullish message to Apple after it announced plans to break into the motoring market: "We are willing to take on all comers."

Speaking as he and his family visited the Ballinascarthy homestead where Henry Ford's father was born to mark the centenary of the company in Ireland, William also addressed the two great economic challenges for Ireland - Brexit and the Donald Trump administration.