Gilroy urges Irish phone-hack probe

A SENATOR has called on Irish authorities to investigate if the News of the World phone-hacking scandal was repeated here.

Labour senator John Gilroy said the move was vital due to the newspaper’s circulation in Ireland.

He was speaking after Rupert Murdoch, whose News International owns the News of the World, said he would stand by its former editor Rebekah Brooks despite the “deplorable” nature of the hacking.