Gerry Adams' BBC Manners Remark Is 'Chilling', Irish NUJ Secretary Says

Gerry Adams' BBC manners remark is 'chilling', Irish NUJ secretary says

Séamus Dooley says the former Sinn Féin leader's libel win over the BBC shows the need for a review of Irish defamation laws.

Gerry Adams' comments about 'putting manners' on BBC described as 'chilling' by NUJ secretary

Séamus Dooley said the case raises the need for a review of Ireland’s defamation law.

Gerry Adams’ ‘putting manners on BBC’ remark ‘chilling’

Gerry Adams’ claim that his libel case against the BBC was about “putting manners” on the broadcaster has been described as “chilling” by a senior union figure.

Gerry Adams’ ‘putting manners on BBC’ remark ‘chilling’, NUJ man says

Former Sinn Fein leader Mr Adams won a high profile defamation case against the BBC over an episode in a Spotlight programme.

Ex–Sinn Féin Leader Gerry Adams Wins Libel Suit Against BBC

Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has won a libel case against the BBC over allegations that he authorized the killing of an informant within the Irish republican movement.

Gerry Adams criticised for ‘chilling’ comments after libel win against BBC

Gerry Adams has been criticised for “chilling” comments made following his legal victory against the BBC.The corporation was ordered to pay the former Sinn Fein leader €100,000 (£84,000) by the High Court in Dublin after a jury ruled that it had libelled him.A 2016 episode of the BBC’s Spotlight programme, and an accompanying online story, alleged that Adams sanctioned the killing of Denis Donaldson, a Sinn Fein official who was unmasked as a Br…