Judge will hear application today after jury last week awarded former Sinn Féin leader €100,000 over 2016 programme and article Events
Austin Stack (56) was a teenager in 1983 when his father, Brian, was shot by the IRA Events
Mr Adams had claimed that the 2016 Spotlight programme and related article defamed him by falsely accusing him of giving “the final say” in the Provisional IRA’s murder of MI5 informant Denis Donaldson at a cottage in Glenties, Co Donegal in 2006. Events
Adams said the case was about “putting manners” on the BBC. Events
Former Sinn Féin leader claimed 2016 TV programme and related article falsely accused him of sanctioning British agent’s killing Events
Dublin Literary Award: The Adversary by Canadian author Michael Crummey wins €100,000 prize The Irish Times Events