Mr Justice Alexander Owens agreed on Tuesday to give the BBC a stay on payment of the full €100,000 damages awarded to Mr Adams by a High Court jury ...

Eoin McCullough SC, for the BBC, said it is still considering whether to bring an appeal against the jury  decision and award ...

The BBC has been granted time to consider taking an appeal of a jury decision which found it had defamed Gerry Adams, before ...

A High Court judge has ordered the BBC to pay Gerry Adams €50,000 – half of his landmark €100,000 defamation award – while the corporation considers mounting an appeal. Mr Justice Alexander Owens also ...