Motor giant Henry Ford's crucial role in the history of Cork city

To gain an insight into the impact of Henry Ford’s momentous decision to locate a factory in Cork in 1917, you don’t have to look far at all, writes John Dolan.

Try the very page in the Cork Examiner where the news of Ford’s new Irish venture was reported.

The main story that April day 100 years ago was a report on a damning dossier that had been carried out by the Irish Parliamentary Party on Ireland’s economic woes.