CORK City is on flood alert as the country braces for another massive storm.

As the Irish Examiner’s Ford 100 coverage draws to a close, Ciarán McMahon, Chairman and Managing Director of Henry Ford & Son Ltd, reflects on a momentous journey through 2017.

As it prepares to launch into its second century as an Irish company, Henry Ford & Son Ltd is refusing to let the grass grow under its feet.

It stomped onto a gloomy recessionary market with a fantastic €9 million asking price for an equally fantastic chateau of 10,000 square feet and a land belt of 315 acres, but it’s now reported that the landmark, Lisselan estate near Clonakilty in West Cork has been sold for a sum closer to €3.5m.

Fears of mass unemployment in haulage and taxi industries are ungrounded, says one of America’s top businesswomen.

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

The West Cork Vintage Ploughing and Threshing Association’s Ford 100 Fest will take place on the ancestral home-farm of Henry Ford at Crohane, Ballinascarthy, Co. Cork on Sunday August 27. 

The West Cork Vintage Ploughing and Threshing Association’s Ford 100 Fest will take place on the ancestral home-farm of Henry Ford at Crohane, Ballinascarthy, Co. Cork, on Sunday, August 27.

Ford Ireland have released a video in the midst of their continued centenary celebration of one hundred years in Cork.

What’s in a name? When it comes to the hard sell, pretty much everything.

An Irish scientist has given new meaning to the expression ‘driving under the influence’ by test-driving a car that is powered by his ground-breaking new whiskey-derived fuel.

For city commuters, a handy new gadget, which has been invented by a Ford worker, could help to speed up their day.

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.

Many people played a role in Henry Ford setting up the plant in his ancestral home in Cork, and one of the unsung heroes may well have been the Lord Mayor of Cork when the factory began production in 1919, William F. O’Connor.

Insurers facilitate projects that cause global warming while providing cover against these projects’ adverse climate impact, writes Bill McKibben.

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

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

Ford have announced a new 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."

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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.

He may hail from a famous foodie dynasty, but Lucca Allen prefers the high octane world of motorsport to the heat of the kitchen.

The Ford operation in Cork nearly came a cropper just two years after the production line began operating, says Kevin O'Brien.

Attempts to give Henry Ford the Freedom of Cork failed to materialise, but Thomas Grimes reveals how UCC finally honoured the man after some persuasion.

Although he was only a teenager when the Ford and Dunlop plants on the Marina in Cork closed down in the early 1980s, the events left a lasting impression on Pat Kiernan.

When rumours started to swirl about Ford opening an arm of its empire in Cork, the Irish banking world was desperate to land the account, writes Jessica Casey.

When he first visited the Cork of his ancestors, Henry Ford was embroiled in a fascinating saga revolvong around an apparent bequest to charity. Dave Hannigan tries to seperate fact from fiction.

Monday will mark a significant milestone in the history of Ford, and indeed in the industrial life of this country.

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

“It’s a workhorse. It’s not fancy — to me, it’s a basic, common Irish van. You can quote me there!”

For anyone whizzing by Ballinascarthy on the N71, it’s hard to miss the gleaming stainless steel statue of an iconic Model T Ford.

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.

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.

In 1977, when Henry Ford II, grandson of Henry Ford, visited the Cork factory, he must have felt like Santa Claus.

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.

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Decades come and decades go, but Dorothy Nolan’s love for Ford cars remains undimmed.

On April 7, 1947, 30 years to the month after he set up his Irish company, Henry Ford died of a brain haemorrhage, aged 83, writes John Dolan.

A hundred years ago this year, Henry Ford did something remarkable, which transformed the economic and industrial landscape of Cork for the 20th century.