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

A premises housing a VIP piano bar and nightclub which was run as an extension of Dublin’s internationally famed Unicorn Restaurant has been repossessed by its new South African-based owners.