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“It was a terrific day, a wonderful way to celebrate the centenary of Ford in Ireland.”

An extract from Jim Hayes’s biography, The Road From Harbour Hill: A Journey Of Dreams, published by iUniverse LLC Bloomington. 

Ford has revealed a new version of the EcoSport compact sports utility vehicle that it says will deliver enhanced versatility and capability, more refined styling and sophisticated technologies for customers in Europe, from later this year.

Ireland has an opportunity to position itself as a leader in an emerging technology, or perhaps a re-emerging one, writes Brian Lucey.

For Corkman Jerry Ahern, there was an unbroken family link to industrial life at the Marina from the opening of the Ford plant in 1919 to its closure in the mid-1980s.

O’Grady’s Irish bar rests on the High Road in Seven Kings near Dagenham.

Donncha Ó Dúlaing, widely known for his hugely popular radio shows Three-O-One, Highways and Byways and Fáilte Isteach, remembers his time in the accounts department at Henry Ford & Son.

The Ford Motor Company wouldn’t be where it is today without the hard work of Cork employees, the firm’s executive chairman told its pensioners in City Hall.

On his recent visit to Cork to mark the centenary of Ford in Ireland, Henry’s great-grandson outlined his dreams and visions.

Henry Ford initially rejected a proposal from Cork to confer him with an honorary degree, but there were no such problems when his great-grandson was the proud recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from UCC during his recent visit.

When Ford was described by UCC President Professor Patrick G. O’Shea as “a Cork company with an American subsidiary”, it was a remark that perfectly captured the light-hearted mood during the visit of William Clay Ford Jr.

Kya deLongchamps takes a front seat to celebrate two models of the many thousands of cars made in Ford, Cork, over 67 years of manufacturing

The car manufacturing industry is on “the cusp of the greatest change” it has ever seen as artificial intelligence and driverless cars become a new reality.

Ford have announced a five-year scholarship with UCC to commemorate 100 years in Ireland.

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."

The great grandson of Henry Ford has hailed as "hugely meaningful" a visit by some of his family back to the ancestral home of the industrialist in Ballinascarty in West Cork.

For more than a century, the Bourke family have worked for Ford in Ireland in some way — four generations since 1910.

The 21st century has been a rollercoaster ride for the car industry, and Ford continues to look in the rearview mirror at the past with pride, while remaining firmly focused on the goals ahead.

As the recessionary ‘80s gave way to the Celtic Tiger era, Irish consumers began to spend again and Ford, retaining its Cork links, launched a raft of models which became industry leaders.

After 67 years as an anchor employer at the Marina, a perfect storm of mounting losses, a hard recession, and the ending of tariffs on car assembly, meant the Irish plant had to close in 1984.

The 1970's were a time of highs and lows for workers at the Marina. As models like the Capri and Escort kept Ford as a brand leader, the global economy and industrial strife had adverse effects.

The post-war era saw a return to full production in Cork, but the economic path wasn’t always smooth. Some workers sailed to Dagenham, while those who stayed saw plenty of VIP guests.

A man whose roots were from deep Cork farming stock, it is apt that Henry Ford’s new Irish factory became synonymous with tractor production during its first 15 years, writes John Dolan.

Henry Ford, a son of the County Cork soil, produced a tractor that revolutionised agriculture in Ireland and around the world, writes Jessica Casey. 

John Dolan provides an insight into the brilliance of Henry Ford, whose confidence in his ability and approach to business made him one of the world’s wealthiest men.

The history of the Ford Motor Company in Ireland

In just a few months it will be exactly 100 years since Henry Ford registered his company, Henry Ford & Sons in Ireland.

Ford was once a pillar of employment in Cork but their plant in Dagenham was also huge employer for generations of Irish in England. With our economic relationship facing the threat of Brexit, Robert Mulhern spoke to retired workers about an industrial link that uprooted Irish villages and planted them in what was then Europe’s biggest factory

The Ford Motor Company says it will begin making its London-based GoDrive car-sharing service available to the public.

In business, there are a whole host of examples of success and how to achieve it.

Ford powered into the 2015 Geneva Motor Show with its most technologically advanced performance model range ever, including the global debut of the all-new Ford Focus RS high-performance hatchback, and the European premiere of the all-new Ford GT supercar.

Ford Motor Company yesterday said it would keep relying on North America for its profit this year as the second biggest US carmaker signaled that losses in Europe would be more than previously forecast.

Microsoft has named 22-year company veteran Satya Nadella as its next chief executive, ending a protracted search for a new leader after Steve Ballmer announced his intention to retire in August.

FAMOUSLY wrong pronouncements from the past: “The automobile is only a novelty” — a bank president in 1903 advising against investing in the Ford Motor Company.

THE great-grandson of the man behind the automobile revolution has said he would not rule out the possibility of reopening the plant Ford closed in Cork in July 1984.

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Volvo has been bought from the Ford Motor Company by the Chinese car maker Geely in a deal worth more than €1.3bn.

Car giant Ford was warned today it could face industrial action after announcing plans to axe 850 jobs and freeze pay because of the “serious economic situation” affecting the motor industry.

Car giant Ford is to axe up to 850 jobs in the UK in response to the “serious economic situation” affecting the motor industry, the firm announced today.