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

The former Sinn Féin leader was seeking damages over a story in which an anonymous contributor alleged he sanctioned the ...

Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has won a libel suit against the BBC over a claim he authorized the killing of an ...

May 30 (UPI) -- Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams Friday won $113,486 in a defamation lawsuit against the BBC. Adams ...

For years British and Irish journalists have treated Mr Adams’s denials as they would a claim that water isn’t wet. The ...

Mr Adams was seeking damages over a story in which an anonymous contributor alleged he sanctioned the murder of Denis ...

Mr Adams sued the BBC over a 2016 Spotlight programme and online report in which an anonymous source alleged he sanctioned ...

John O’Dowd said management at the corporation had knee-jerked in their reaction to Friday’s verdict at Dublin High Court.

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