General Motors workers went on strike at a Canadian plant for the first time in 21 years over jobs lost to Mexico, with the union’s president calling the situation “the poster child for what’s wrong with Nafta”.

Sarah Robb O’Hagan enjoys global success in business but that wasn’t always so. She talks to Rita de Brún about her new book, which shares some epic, vital failures along the way.

After a four-day series that delivered a full range of conditions, Howth Yacht Club’s Ross McDonald and the crew of Equinox won the Sovereigns Cup at Kinsale on Saturday.

A penultimate day to be remembered for all the best and not so good reasons was the hallmark of the ICRA Nationals Sovereigns Cup sponsored by Cork County Council at Kinsale yesterday.

Jimmy Choo has sold his stake in the fashion business he founded.