Tag Archives: Gerry Adams

Adams donates BBC defamation payout to good causes

August 20, 2025 0

Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has confirmed that he has donated the €100,000 awarded to him in a recent defamation case against the BBC to a range of charitable and community organisations. Earlier this year, Mr. Adams successfully sued the broadcaster over allegations made in a 2016 episode of its Spotlight programme and in an accompanying online article. The …

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Adams Wins €100,000 in BBC Defamation Case

May 30, 2025 0

Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has secured a €100,000 award in a defamation lawsuit against the BBC, following a jury’s determination that a 2016 broadcast and accompanying online article falsely implicated him in the 2006 murder of Denis Donaldson, a former party official and British intelligence informant. The case centered on a BBC Northern Ireland Spotlight program and related …

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