18 h. ago BBC source who made allegations against Gerry Adams would ‘likely be killed’ if identified, court told

Adams’s legal team says his reputation as a “peacemaker” had suffered an “unjustified” attack because of the broadcast of the BBC programme.

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20 h. ago Gerry Adams defamation trial: BBC Spotlight source would likely be killed if identified, journalist says

Former SF leader takes defamation action against BBC over 2016 programme

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4 d. ago Gerry Adams defamation trial: laughs from the jury, a judge’s intervention and a ‘very fine story’ about a hedgehog

Former Sinn Féin president tells judge the IRA attempt to kill Margaret Thatcher was ‘legitimate’

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4 d. ago BBC had multiple sources corroborating claims about Gerry Adams, defamation trial told

BBC Spotlight programme lacked sufficient editorial veracity to be published, witness called by Adams’s team tells court

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6 d. ago Gerry Adams criticises ‘grievous smear’ in BBC Spotlight programme during defamation trial

The former Sinn Féin leader said he was “irritated” by allegations he had been a member of the IRA Army Council.

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7 d. ago Gerry Adams defamation case: Jury shown montage of allegations made about former Sinn Féin leader

Court hears Adams continues to work with families of three men ‘disappeared’ by the IRA during Troubles who have not been found

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1 week ago Gerry Adams claims BBC 'doubled down' on alleged defamation related to shooting of British spy

Adams denies any involvement in Denis Donaldson’s death.

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1 week ago Gerry Adams tells defamation trial BBC’s response to Spotlight complaint was ‘absolutely arrogant’

Former Sinn Féin leader claims 2016 programme defamed him by falsely accusing him of sanctioning killing of

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1 week ago Gerry Adams tells defamation trial that BBC programme was an 'attempted hatchet job'

The ex-Sinn Féin leader told Dublin’s High Court today that he viewed Denis Donaldson as ‘a victim of the conflict’.

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2 w. ago Miriam Lord: Gerry Adams takes jurors in his defamation case against BBC on a very long stroll down memory lane

Former Sinn Féin leader describes formative years in 1960s Belfast to High Court in Dublin

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2 w. ago Gerry Adams takes jurors in his defamation case against BBC on a very long stroll down memory lane

Former Sinn Féin leader describes formative years in 1960s Belfast to High Court in Dublin

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2 w. ago Gerry Adams defamation case: BBC accused of ‘reckless journalism’ over spy killing claim

Former Sinn Féin leader argues attack on his reputation over informer’s death

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2 w. ago Gerry Adams' 'peacemaker' reputation suffered 'unjustified attack' by BBC, High Court hears

Adams is suing the BBC for defamation, claiming it falsely alleged he sanctioned the killing of former Sinn Féin official Denis Donaldson in 2006.

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2 w. ago Gerry Adams defamation case: Jury sworn in for former Sinn Féin leader’s action against BBC

Civil action at High Court in Dublin over BBC Spotlight broadcast is expected to last up to four weeks

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2 w. ago Jury sworn in as Gerry Adams arrives at High Court for defamation action against BBC

The 76-year-old claims the BBC falsely alleged he sanctioned the killing of former Sinn Féin official Denis Donaldson in 2006.

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2 w. ago Gerry Adams arrives at High Court in Dublin for BBC defamation case

Gerry Adams arrives at High Court in Dublin for BBC defamation case  The Irish Independent

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