Bitcoin is well known for its wild swings in value by now, but there could be more behind this latest spike than meets the eye, writes Tom Wilson.

An Irish scientist has won the Nobel prize in medicine for his work combating river blindness and lymphatic filariasis.

‘Newsweek’ says Satoshi Nakamoto is the creator of cyber currency bitcoin, but the cantankerous, obsessively private engineer has denied it. So is the magazine right, asks Dan Buckley

A pint of plain’s your only man — and now you can pay for it with online currency bitcoin.

SCHOOL friends of a 19-year-old Japanese boy who grew up in Killarney but who now lives in one of the worst-affected areas of Japan have expressed their concern and are desperately trying to contact him.