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Séamus Dooley says the former Sinn Féin leader's libel win over the BBC shows the need for a review of Irish defamation laws.
Will Gerry Adams’ libel case win against the BBC hinder freedom of speech & create a chill factor for journalists? We hear ...
Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has won a libel suit against the BBC over a claim he authorized the killing of an ...
May 30 (UPI) -- Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams Friday won $113,486 in a defamation lawsuit against the BBC. Adams ...
For years British and Irish journalists have treated Mr Adams’s denials as they would a claim that water isn’t wet. The ...
The BBC has been granted time to consider taking an appeal of a jury decision which found it had defamed Gerry Adams.
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 indicated it will apply on Tuesday afternoon for a stay on orders relating to Gerry Adams’ successful defamation ...
The BBC has been ordered to pay former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams 100,000 (£84,000) after he won a "resounding" libel ...