Time in Ireland

2022 - 10 - 30

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Driving ambition: Oliver O'Hanlon on Henry Ford in Ireland (The Irish Times)

Ford Motor Company opened its first purpose-built factory outside of North America in Cork.

The move was championed by Henry Ford, who wanted to help develop industry in Ireland. A hearthstone from the cottage in Ballinascarthy was built into the mansion’s wall. It was there that Henry Ford was born in 1863. Three members of the extended Ford family had made the same trip in the 1830s, so the new arrivals had some assistance to help them settle in. By the time Henry arrived in Ireland in the summer of 1912, hundreds of thousands of Ford Model Ts had been produced for the American middle-class who finally got its first affordable car. William emigrated to America with his parents in 1847 and settled on a farm in Wayne County, Michigan.

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Average home loan now higher than at peak of Celtic Tiger era (Independent.ie)

The average mortgage taken out by homebuyers now stands at €284,623, according to figures from the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI). In the first ...

Last month more than 5,300 mortgage applications were given the green light, with almost half of these for first-time buyers (FTBs). This also marked an increase from €263,750 in 2020. The average mortgage taken out by homebuyers now stands at €284,623, according to figures from the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI). However, house prices stabilised in the third quarter as a rising number of homes were placed on the market. The interest rate during the first quarter of 2008, the last time mortgages peaked in Ireland, stood at 4pc before rising to 4.25pc that July. In the first quarter of 2008, the average mortgage was €268,220.

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New ready-to-wear collection designed by fashion graduates on ... (The Irish Times)

Eight NCAD graduates given the opportunity to sell clothing and jewellery based on their graduate collections in the shop on Dublin's Drury Street.

I nearly fell off the bed](/life-style/people/2022/10/26/roisin-ingle-im-a-swiftian-scholar-in-sync-with-my-musical-and-lyrical-heroine/) [‘I am in my 70s and in a relationship with a man 10 years my senior. At a time when Ireland gives little assistance to young fashion designers, unlike the UK, such supports are to be welcomed. The Offcuts Project was a 108-pager with images of their knitwear, clothing, print scarves and silver jewellery.

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