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.

Ford has announced it is to hold a number of events throughout this year to mark the centenary of Henry Ford registering his factory in Cork city in 1917.

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

Plans to carry out major road upgrading and flood alleviation works in the ancestral home of Henry Ford have been put off until after Christmas.

County councillors in West Cork are to meet with Inland Fisheries Ireland officials shortly to outline concerns that legislation protecting fish is putting people’s lives at risk.

Councillors are to provide Cork’s county manager with documented proof of how some insurance firms have hiked premiums for householders and businesses hit by last June’s floods — even though they are now refusing them flood cover.

Cork boss Hughie Murphy insisted the All-Ireland Vocational Schools’ senior inter-county football championship is worth retaining following his team’s victory in Saturday’s final at Templetuohy.

THERE is phenomenal interest in this property at Mounteen, Ballinascarthy, says it’s selling agent, Henry O’Leary of Property Partners Henry O’Leary, and viewings are being held daily.

CAR manufacturers Ford last night called for radical changes to the motor taxation system to help protect the environment.