0h 18min, may 30, 2025 y - Ex-Sinn Féin Leader Awarded in Libel Case

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Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams wins his libel case against the BBC and is awarded €100,000 (£84,000) in damages.

Adams sued the BBC after a 2016 programme and online report, in which an anonymous source alleged he sanctioned the murder of a British agent, Denis Donaldson.

The BBC argued the words were couched as allegations – but Adams argued they were presented as fact.

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