David Marcus

Facebook’s Libra backers look to distance themselves from project

Some early supporters of cryptocurrency consider cutting ties amid regulatory scrutiny

US senators grill Facebook on its plan for libra cryptocurrency

Social media giant ‘delusional’ if it believes people will trust it with money, senator says

How Facebook has raced to build Libra

Libra is a digital coin backed by hard assets and supported by 27 other partners, including Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Uber and Spotify

Facebook plans cryptocurrency launch in 2020

Currency called libra will allow people to move money from their smartphones

Facebook plots global expansion of mobile payments on WhatsApp

Tech company will recruit up to 100 people across London and Dublin

Sorry, Domhnall Gleeson, I don’t want to chat to you anymore

My chatbot, which I’ve named after the Irish film star, is starting to get creepy and annoying

‘Bishop Eamonn Casey wanted to challenge realities’

Bishop John Kirby recalls the ‘dynamic’ man he came to know

Eileen Battersby: When Anthony Cronin dismissed me as an idiot

Complete and formidable literary man whose intelligence never overpowered his art

All the Spangled Host by John A Ryan

Paperback review

Ríona Judge McCormack wins Hennessy New Irish Writer award

Chris Connolly wins Emerging Fiction prize, Jane Clarke wins Emerging Poetry award and Éilís Ní Dhuibhne inducted into Hennessy Literary Awards Hall of Fame

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne: A compelling voice in anyone’s language

The latest Hennessy hall-of-famer is mesmeric and convincing when writing in English and turns her simpler Irish to great use in her crime writing

Facebook’s 10-year plan: the Messenger bots are coming

Company hires Google’s Regina Dugan to head up hardware division

Facebook tests M, a personal digital assistant for Messenger

M is backed by team of Facebook employees, mixing technology with human expertise

Devised in Galway – Game Golf has made its way to the belt of President Obama

The evolution of John McGuire’s shot tracking system for golfers is well remembered by its inventor

Artist, teacher and influential figure in Cork culture

Maigread Murphy: November 10th, 1919 - February 18th, 2014

Belfast miniaturist influenced by Henry James

Mary Beckett: January 28th, 1926-November 10th, 2013

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