Ford Puma now a whole different animal
Strange times for Ford in Ireland. A year on since the company marked its centenary of operations here with a battery of special events, and visitors from Detroit, to celebrate the ‘unique and lasting bond’ between Dearborn and Cork, they have largely shut up shop.
Aside from the recent emasculation of the Irish operation — it was turned into a sub-branch of the Ford UK business — the automotive giant has not been kind to its European arm, soaking up the massive earnings generated on the continent to prop up its often cataclysmically profitless American outfit.
