Finucane - It comes after former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams won a defamation case against BBC Northern Ireland.

A Derry man has pleaded guilty to the attempted robbery of a Post Office in Co Donegal. Barry Reddan (64) of Whitehouse Park, Derry appeared at Letterkenny Circuit Court on Tuesday charged with the ...

Justin Welby has been condemned by survivors and campaigners for saying he would forgive serial Church of England abuser John Smyth if he were still alive. The former archbishop of Canterbury also ...

He is no doubt sincere in his Christianity but, particularly in deference to the victims and survivors of the serial abuser John Smyth, his plain declaration that he had forgiven Smyth – an ...

Credit: Jeff Overs/BBC/PA Wire Former archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said he forgives serial abuser John Smyth as he repeated an apology to victims and told of the “deep sense of personal ...

In his first interview since quitting in November last year, Welby said his forgiveness of John Smyth - arguably the most prolific abuser associated with the Church of England - was "irrelevant ...

Justin Welby has he admitted he 'got it wrong' when handling child sex abuse allegations against John Smyth. But the former Archbishop of Canterbury has defended his record after a report revealed ...

Justin Welby resigned in November after a review found he failed to properly follow up on reports about serial abuser John Smyth, who was heavily involved with the Church of England. Dr Welby told ...

after a damning independent review found he did not follow up rigorously enough on reports about John Smyth, a serial abuser of children and young men. In his first interview since resigning ...

When 63-year-old John Smyth, who was visiting Bridie, bravely went outside to try chase him away, he was battered to death with a piece of wood. Now Ness, 41, of Avon Avenue, North Shields ...

John Smyth, 63, was repeatedly struck with a wooden plank after trying to stop George Ness, 41, smashing his way into a woman's home in Wallsend, Newcastle Crown Court has heard. In his closing ...