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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 …

The High Court has ruled that school teacher Enoch Burke be released from prison, where he has been held since September 2 for contempt of court. However, the judge emphasized that Burke would face a daily fine of €1,400 if he disobeys an order to stay away from Wilson’s Hospital School in County Westmeath, where he previously worked. Additionally, the …