The former head of security at Rupert Murdoch’s UK newspaper empire has threatened to blow the whistle with “shock” revelations about the company.

I am concerned at the GAA/Sky Sports deal. The ethos of the GAA is community, social cohesion, participation, inclusiveness and a certain egalitarianism — yes there are top or elite players, but they are not more important than those who run street leagues, line pitches and wash jerseys.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s divorce from his wife of 14 years is nearly final and the sides are close to amicably resolving the matter, a source said, as the couple prepare to go to court today.

Liberty Global has confirmed that it will buy Virgin Media in a deal worth $16bn.

Virgin Media has confirmed it is in talks over a possible takeover by US cable giant Liberty Global.

British Prime Minister David Cameron today branded comedian Jimmy Carr “morally wrong” for seeking to avoid taxes.

Rebekah Brooks suffered more criticism and gossip about her relationship with Rupert Murdoch because she was a woman, she said today.

Satellite broadcaster BSkyB sought to distance itself from the controversy over phone hacking at its biggest shareholder yesterday, after lawmakers suggested the ties to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp might endanger its licence.

Rupert Murdoch is unfit to run a major international company, British lawmakers said, finding him responsible for a culture of illegal phone hacking that has convulsed his News Corporation media empire.

The most damning conclusion of the media select committee report into phone hacking – that Rupert Murdoch is “not a fit person” to run a major company - was not backed by any of its Tory members.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is not "a fit person" to run a major international corporation, a committee of MPs said today.

David Cameron insisted today there was no “grand deal” between himself and the Murdochs to wave through News Corporation’s takeover of BSkyB.

Rupert Murdoch faces a two-day grilling under oath at the Leveson Inquiry into press standards this week.

British police arrested three people including the royal editor of The Sun yesterday, a source said, in an escalation of the long-running phone hacking scandal.

BRITISH lawmakers will grill Rupert Murdoch’s son, James, about newspaper phone hacking for a second time next month.

FORMER Prime Minister Tony Blair is godfather to one of Rupert Murdoch’s young children, sources said yesterday, raising fresh questions about British political links to the media mogul’s empire.

The daughter of Rupert Murdoch will not be joining the board of her father’s News Corporation conglomerate as expected, the company said.

BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron and his most senior colleagues must “come clean” over their dealings with the Murdochs, Labour said yesterday.

CLAIMS that James Murdoch knew three years ago that phone hacking at the News of the World was not confined to a single “rogue” reporter have been referred to the police.

In the Commons, Rupert Murdoch and his son James resembled The Simpsons’ characters Mr Burns and Smithers.

Claims that James Murdoch knew three years ago that phone hacking at the News of the World was not confined to a single “rogue” reporter have been referred to the police in the UK.

Two of Britain’s most powerful men faced a barrage of questions about phone-hacking yesterday — but perhaps the woman sitting behind them was the true power behind the throne.

News International made payments to phone hackers Clive Goodman and Glenn Mulcaire after they were convicted of the crime, James Murdoch admitted today.

Rupert Murdoch and his son James will appear before MPs today to face their intensely-awaited grilling on the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.

FATHER-and-son act Rupert and James Murdoch top the bill today in what promises to be a day of gripping political drama in the normally staid surroundings of the parliament’s committee rooms.

Rebekah Brooks today resigned as chief executive of News International amid growing political and commercial pressure over the phone hacking scandal.

A defiant Rupert Murdoch has said he will challenge the “total lies” issued about his News Corporation media empire in the phone hacking scandal when he appears before MPs next week.

THE FBI has opened an investigation into allegations that media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation sought to hack into the phones of 9/11 victims, according to a law enforcement official.

News International Chief Executive Rebekah Brooks has agreed to give evidence to MPs over the phone hacking scandal next week, it was announced today.

NEWS International said yesterday it would co-operate after Rebekah Brooks, Rupert Murdoch and his son James were asked to appear before a committee of MPs.

DURING the four decades since the Watergate affair engulfed US president Richard Nixon, politicians have repeatedly ignored the scandal’s main lesson: the cover-up is worse than the crime. Like Nixon, they have paid a higher price for concealing their misdeeds than they would have for the misdeeds alone.

SINN FÉIN was joined by Northern Ireland Unionist and British eurosceptic MEPs in a vote against the Lisbon Treaty in the European Parliament.