Voters in Dublin Mid-West aren’t talking about immigration. They’re far more worried about housing, transport, and a little boy named Sam, writes Juno McEnroe

People are being warned of an upsurge in scams in the run-up to Christmas.

Stopping Facebook’s Libra in its tracks was a god thing, but authorities should now do something useful and visionary with the cryptocurrency, writes Yanis Varoufakis.

Where the problem for economies and financial services is lack of competition, residents of developing countries need to look to their own politicians. The remedy for their woes is not going to come from Mark Zuckerberg, writes Barry Eichengreen.

Blockchain technology is driving a significant evolution in the way security for IT and telecommunications is currently being developed.

Automaton, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning future are changing the working lives of people in contact centres quicker than any other sector. The good news is that Skillnet Ireland is working closely with businesses to keep Irish customer experience (CX) ahead of the curve.

A garda sergeant has issued a warning to the public to be careful when dealing with money online.

Car-hailing company Uber Technologies is aiming for a valuation of up to $91.5bn (€82bn) in its initial public offering, potentially the largest US listing in years and a test of investor appetite for a high-growth but highly unprofitable business.

Mental Health charity Suicide or Survive (SOS) is urging people to make wellness a priority in the workplace this Friday.

The critically acclaimed ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ has put confidence tricks back in the spotlight. Robert Hume looks back at some of the most famous scams.

Irish SMEs have a lot to gain from being more invested in their mobile online presence, says John Brennan, director at ePresence Online Marketing.

The major US stock indexes closed mostly lower today after a midday gain faded by late afternoon.

The presents have been opened, turkey dinner scoffed and admit it, you ate several chocolates before breakfast this morning.

The winners of the InBUSINESS Recognition Awards have been chosen across 20 categories at an awards ceremony at the Westin Hotel in Dublin today.

A new organisation is aiming to help businesses create diverse and inclusive work environments.

Hundreds of new jobs have been announced by a number of firms across the country, including 200 in a €41m investment for Drogheda.

A man has been charged with the murder of his wife Anne Colomines who was stabbed to death in their apartment in Dublin city-centre.

A promising student lawyer and would-be England sportswoman has been told she faces jail after cheating Justin Bieber fans by selling fake gig tickets in the UK.

The bosses of a company whose burgeoning global reputation has attracted clients such as Disney, PayPal, eBay, and Spotify have been named as Cork’s Tech Persons of the Year by their peers.

Yesterday Apple added PayPal as a payment method for transactions made in the App Store, iTunes Store, and Apple Music.

More than 20,000 new companies were registered in Ireland last year.

A former company director who pleaded guilty to operating a price fixing scam that targeted large firms including Google and Paypal, was fined €7,500 at the Central Criminal Court today.

The FBI says at any one time there are 750,000 child sex predators online. Martha Mendoza and Jim Gomez meet one who may face justice

Outgoing Kerry Group boss Stan McCarthy is set to join the board of Ryanair later this month.

Pity Welshman James Howells. Back in 2009, when Bitcoin was in its infancy, the IT worker ‘mined’ 7,500 Bitcoins on his home computer.

Adam Mudd was just 16 years old when he created his Titanium Stresser programme.

A shopowner used Google Maps in a bid to track down a German-based credit card fraudster and, incredibly, his internet efforts came good.

The co-founder of one of Ireland’s most successful outsourcing companies has confirmed they pulled a multimillion-dollar, 500-job investment from a US state because of its controversial “bathroom bill”.

I’m in neurology outpatients. Just a routine follow-up. 

Alarm bells should always ring if you are contacted out of the blue, writes Gráinne McGuinness.

A group of hackers claim to have shut down the website of the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament in protest at organisers holding it in the "dictatorship" of Gabon.

UFC fighter Conor McGregor and tech boy-wonders the Collison brothers are some of the Irish lauded by Forbes in its prestigious “30 Under 30 Europe” list of young people to watch.

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For anyone worrying about the future, here’s one possible crumb of comfort. In one vision of a West Cork town 100 years in the future, Skibbereen’s West Cork Hotel has an outdoor swimming pool.

Our passwords and credit card numbers are now easily available to cybercriminals, writes Caroline O’Doherty

I see that I can’t see the Milky Way as I used to. It may be my eyes, but it seems I’m not the only one. 

The US Security Department is investigating after millions of internet users were affected by cyber attacks on several major websites.