6 d. ago Gerry Adams to donate €100k libel payout to charity and defends claim he 'put manners on the BBC'

Adams was awarded the significant cash sum last Friday.

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7 d. ago BBC has 'no intention' of blocking programmes in Republic following Gerry Adams libel action win

Politicians north and south had been critical of the idea, saying it wouldn’t be in the public interest.

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7 d. ago Kathy Sheridan: If Gerry Adams wanted to put manners on the BBC, why not do it in Belfast?

At a results-driven level, there was no mystery about it given the Republic’s libel laws

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8 d. ago BBC lawyers seek stay on damages and costs orders in Gerry Adams defamation case

Judge will hear application today after jury last week awarded former Sinn Féin leader €100,000 over 2016 programme and article

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1 week ago Gerry Adams' BBC manners remark is 'chilling', Irish NUJ secretary says

Gerry Adams' BBC manners remark is 'chilling', Irish NUJ secretary says  BBC

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1 week ago Gerry Adams' comments about 'putting manners' on BBC described as 'chilling' by NUJ secretary

Séamus Dooley said the case raises the need for a review of Ireland’s defamation law.

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1 week ago Dismayed by Gerry Adams’ libel victory in a Dublin court, BBC now considering geoblocking Republic

Dismayed by Gerry Adams’ libel victory in a Dublin court, BBC now considering geoblocking Republic  Belfast Telegraph

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1 week ago BBC faces legal costs bill of more than €3m after jury finds it defamed Gerry Adams

Former Sinn Féin president said he took case to ‘put manners on British Broadcasting Corporation’

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1 week ago Awarding €100,000 to Gerry Adams is like spitting on the graves of those killed by IRA, says Austin Stack

Austin Stack (56) was a teenager in 1983 when his father, Brian, was shot by the IRA

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1 week ago Inside Court 24: Gerry Adams’s witness box quips were often met with laughter, including from the jury

Gerry Adams welcomes jury finding that the BBC defamed him: ‘Tá mé an-sásta leis an verdict’

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1 week ago Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams wins libel case against BBC over spy murder claim

Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams wins libel case against BBC over spy murder claim  NPR

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1 week ago Gerry Adams defamation trial: Here's what he said in court, and how the BBC fought back

Adams gave emotional testimony denying IRA membership as the BBC defended its Spotlight allegations in a high-profile defamation trial.

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1 week ago Daughter of Denis Donaldson demands public inquiry into killing after Gerry Adams case

Denis Donaldson was shot dead in Co Donegal in 2006, months after admitting his role as a police and MI5 agent over 20 years.

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1 week ago Why the Gerry Adams libel trial was held in Dublin despite claim being made on BBC Northern Ireland

Why the Gerry Adams libel trial was held in Dublin despite claim being made on BBC Northern Ireland  The Irish News

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1 week ago Implications of Gerry Adams’ libel victory ‘profound’, BBC boss claims

The broadcaster has been ordered to pay the former Sinn Fein leader €100,000.

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1 week ago National: Gerry Adams awarded €100K in damages in BBC defamation case

Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has won a defamation case against the BBC. Mr Adams claimed he was defamed… The post National: Gerry Adams awarded €100K in damages in BBC defamation case appeared first on Donegal Daily.

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1 week ago Gerry Adams awarded €100,000 in damages after winning defamation case against BBC

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.

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1 week ago Gerry Adams awarded €100,000 in damages after suing BBC for libel

Adams said the case was about “putting manners” on the BBC.

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1 week ago Gerry Adams awarded €100,000 after jury finds he was defamed by BBC broadcast and article

Former Sinn Féin leader claimed 2016 TV programme and related article falsely accused him of sanctioning British agent’s killing

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1 week ago Jury in Gerry Adams action against BBC to resume deliberations on Friday

Adams claims he was subject to a “grievous smear” while the BBC has described the legal action as a “cynical attempt to launder his reputation”.

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