With the number of mobile games and players increasing exponentially, a young Irish company with a creative spark is preparing to up its game to cater for an expected 100m players, writes Trish Dromey.

Cork received a welcome jobs boost today with the confirmation that US online gaming company Big Fish Games is to set up its European headquarters in the city's Mahon suburb, creating up to 100 positions over the next three years.

RECORD amounts of spam are finding their way into Irish email accounts — it leapt by over 50% last year and is set to get worse in 2007.