Britain's Government is on the brink of a decision that defies explanation. It is choosing to side with former terrorists ...

Labour has committed to repealing the act – and has already removed legislation to prevent those interned without trial – such as Gerry Adams – from receiving compensation from the UK.

On Friday, former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams won a High Court defamation action against the BBC and was awarded €100,000 in damages. Friday, 27 June 2025 ePaper ...

At 11.20am on Friday, Gerry Adams accompanied his solicitor Paul Tweed down the internal stairs at the High Court and entered Court 24 for the last time in a hotly contested five-week trial.

The defamation case between Gerry Adams and the BBC has many points of interest, legally and politically, but its implications for journalism have been vastly overstated. The former Sinn Féin ...

Gerry Adams' claim that his libel case was about "putting manners" on the BBC was chilling and unfair under the circumstances, the Irish secretary of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has said.

The BBC has confirmed it will not be appealing Gerry Adams’ successful libel action against the corporation. It comes after the broadcaster updated an online article at the heart of the ...

BBC hasn’t removed Gerry Adams defamation article – and won’t say if it plans to take it down. Continued access to online report in Northern Ireland and Republic may hint that an appeal over ...

Five questions the Gerry Adams libel case jury must answer to find a verdict. A 12-member jury will soon be sent out to consider a verdict in the former Sinn Féin leader's libel case against the BBC.

The BBC will not appeal over Gerry Adams' defamation win against the organisation. Mr Adams, a former leader of Sinn Féin, said there needed to be "substantial reform" of the broadcaster. Mr ...

The BBC has been granted time to consider taking an appeal of a jury decision which found it had defamed Gerry Adams, before paying all costs and damages to the former Sinn Fein leader.