A trip down memory lane for the women of Cork's Ford factory

Although the assembly line at the Marina was a male zone, plenty of women worked in the factory and three of them tell Jessica Casey how they even met the love of their life while working there.

She worked on the telephone switchboard at the Marina for years, but former Ford employee Blanche Mulconry ended up with a ring on her finger too.

Blanche met Michael, the man who would become her husband at the plant, and said: “I have very happy memories of my time there anyway, there’s no doubt about that, and getting the husband was an extra bonus.