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BBC to pay Gerry Adams 100,000 euros in defamation case

The BBC has been ordered to pay former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams 100,000 euros (£84,000) after he won a “resounding” libel victory over the broadcaster. Mr Adams took the BBC to court over an episode of its Spotlight programme, and an ...

30 May 2025 at 16:07

Northern Ireland

Judge continues summarising evidence in Gerry Adams libel trial

The judge in Gerry Adams’ libel action against the BBC is continuing to summarise the evidence in the case for jurors. The high-profile trial at Dublin High Court has entered its fifth week. Former Sinn Finn leader Mr Adams alleges a ...

27 May 2025 at 16:57

Northern Ireland

BBC will not appeal against Adams’ defamation case victory

The BBC will not appeal over Gerry Adams’ defamation victory against the organisation. Mr Adams, a former president of Sinn Fein, said there needed to be “substantial reform” of the broadcaster. Mr Adams took the BBC to court over a ...

13 Jun 2025 at 20:23

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams legal case against BBC due before Dublin court

Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams’s court case against the BBC over allegations about the murder of an MI5 spy is due to begin. Claims were made in a BBC Northern Ireland Spotlight programme in 2016 over who sanctioned the ...

29 Apr 2025 at 10:03

Northern Ireland

Jury sworn in for Gerry Adams’ defamation case against BBC

A jury has been sworn in for a defamation case brought by former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams against the BBC. Beginning proceedings at Dublin High Court on Tuesday, Mr Justice Alexander Owens said the trial is likely to ...

29 Apr 2025 at 13:22

Northern Ireland

Implications of Adams’ libel victory ‘profound’, says head of BBC NI

The head of the BBC in Northern Ireland has said the implications of Gerry Adams’ libel victory against the broadcaster are “profound”. Adam Smyth, director of BBC NI, said their legal team had warned that the jury’s ...

30 May 2025 at 14:09

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams to donate 100,000 euros to Irish language and Palestinian charities

Gerry Adams said he will donate the 100,000 euros (£84,000) he is to receive in damages from the BBC to charities that help children in Gaza, the homeless in Ireland and Irish language groups. Mr Adams took the BBC ...

05 Jun 2025 at 17:43

Northern Ireland

Claim about Adams in BBC programme ‘probably’ not rules breach – media expert

A BBC programme which aired a claim that Gerry Adams sanctioned the killing of a spy would “probably” not have breached broadcasting regulations and was not “unfair or unjust”, a media expert has told a court. ...

20 May 2025 at 13:33

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams’ ‘putting manners on BBC’ remark ‘chilling’, NUJ man says

Gerry Adams’ claim that his libel case against the BBC was about “putting manners” on the broadcaster has been described as “chilling” by a senior union figure. Seamus Dooley, the Irish secretary of the ...

01 Jun 2025 at 14:12

Northern Ireland

BBC to apply for more time to consider appeal over Gerry Adams libel ruling

The BBC has indicated it will apply on Tuesday afternoon for a stay on orders relating to Gerry Adams’ successful defamation claim against the broadcaster. Former Sinn Fein leader Mr Adams took the BBC ...

03 Jun 2025 at 11:42

Northern Ireland

Martin says defamation reforms will happen ‘quickly’

Defamation laws in Ireland will be changed as quickly as the Government can achieve it, Ireland’s premier pledged, as he praised a “first-class” BBC journalist at the centre of Gerry Adams’ successful ...

12 Jun 2025 at 15:44

Northern Ireland

Jury in Adams action against BBC to resume deliberations on Friday

The jury in Gerry Adams’ libel action against the BBC will continue deliberations on Friday morning. Former Sinn Fein leader Mr Adams alleges a BBC Spotlight programme, and an accompanying online ...

29 May 2025 at 17:26

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