From holiday homes to garden sheds Ford shipping crates remain part of Irish landscape

Elaine Duggan explores the social phenomenon of the Ford crates which have remained part of the country’s landscape.

For three decades, the crates that shipped supplies to Ford in Cork enjoyed a second life in a host of guises, from holiday homes to dancing platforms.

When Joseph Buckley was left £100 after the death of his mother in 1955, he used it to create joy for four generations of his family.