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Hilary Benn says the government will bring in primary legislation to address the issue.
Legislation ‘forthcoming’ to stop Adams internment compensation – Benn - A Supreme Court judgment in 2020 paved the way for ...
The government is considering introducing legislation that would prevent figures in Northern Ireland from being able to claim ...
The former Sinn Féin leader sued the BBC after a 2016 report, in which a source alleged Adams sanctioned the murder of a ...
The BBC has been compelled to pay Gerry Adams €100,000 (£84,000) in damages after a jury decided that a story linking him to the murder of a British agent was defamatory – but the total legal bill ...
The former Sinn Féin leader was seeking damages over a story in which an anonymous contributor alleged he sanctioned the murder of Denis Donaldson.
Séamus Dooley says the former Sinn Féin leader's libel win over the BBC shows the need for a review of Irish defamation laws.
Inside the BBC, Gerry Adams’s libel victory in Dublin’s High Court immediately prompted radical thinking. Few in the Rep­ublic yet realise that the most profound implications of this case could be ...
The BBC has confirmed that it will not be appealing against Gerry Adams' libel case victory. The former Sinn Féin leader sued the corporation over a 2016 BBC Northern Ireland Spotlight story and ...
LONDON (AP) — Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams won his libel suit against the BBC on Friday over a claim that he authorized the killing of an informant inside the Irish republican movement.
FORMER Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has called for "substantial reform of the BBC's internal journalist processes" after the corporation confirmed that it will not appeal a Dublin courts libel ...
Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams outside the High Court in Dublin, Friday, May 30, 2025, where he is bringing a legal action against the BBC over allegations about the murder of an MI5 spy.