BBC Given Time to Consider Appeal in Gerry Adams Case

BBC granted time to consider appeal in Gerry Adams case before paying all costs

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

BBC given time to consider appeal in Gerry Adams case

The BBC has been granted time to consider taking an appeal, after a jury found that it had defamed Gerry Adams, before paying all costs and damages to the former Sinn Féin leader.

BBC to apply for more time to consider appeal over Gerry Adams libel ruling

The BBC has indicated it will apply for a stay on orders relating to the successful defamation claim against the broadcaster on Tuesday.

John O'Dowd reacts to Gerry Adams libel win in Stormont

"I think the upper echelons of the BBC in the north and the reaction to the court judgment shows that they’re unwilling to learn lessons"

Sinn Fein ‘will always stand on the side of journalism’ – Finucane - Jersey Evening Post

Sinn Fein “will always stand on the side of journalism”, one of its MPs has said. North Belfast MP John Finucane was speaking after his party’s former president Gerry Adams won a defamation case against BBC Northern Ireland. Mr Adams took the BBC to court over a 2016 episode of its Spotlight programme, and an accompanying online story, which he said defamed him by alleging he sanctioned the killing of former party official Denis Donaldson, for w…

Law and Media Round Up – 2 June 2025

Former leader of Sinn Fein, Gerry Adams, has succeeded in his defamation case against the BBC and been awarded €100,000 in damages. A jury at the High Court in Dublin found that Adams had been defamed in a 2016 BBC NI programme and article which alleged that he sanctioned the murder of MI5 informant Denis Donaldson. Adams denied any IRA involvement and called the documentary a smear, while the BBC defended its reporting as being in the public in…