Gerry Adams

Gerry Adams defamation case: Spotlight would ‘probably’ not breach UK regulations, court told

Independent media consultant Christopher Banatvala gives evidence in hearing of former Sinn Féin leader’s action

BBC journalist behind Gerry Adams programme rejects claim she found ‘yes men’ to support killing claim

Jennifer O’Leary said the allegation was checked in good faith

Gerry Adams defamation case: Journalist exercised ‘utmost care’ in reporting on allegation, trial hears

Former Sinn Féin leader suing BBC over 2016 Spotlight programme

A former British army officer and author on former IRA members opening up to him: ‘Trust is a huge issue’

Jonathan Trigg says it has been slow work getting former IRA members to open up to him, but some have done so, sharing their experiences and thoughts - and asking about British army training

Gerry Adams defamation trial: laughs from the jury, a judge’s intervention and a ‘very fine story’ about a hedgehog

Former Sinn Féin president tells judge the IRA attempt to kill Margaret Thatcher was ‘legitimate’

BBC had multiple sources corroborating claims about Gerry Adams, defamation trial told

BBC Spotlight programme lacked sufficient editorial veracity to be published, witness called by Adams’s team tells court

Barrister claims Gerry Adams did not take legal action before as he was member of IRA army council

Mr Justice Alexander Owens intervenes before former Sinn Féin leader responds to the allegation

Gerry Adams says he did not sue over allegations of IRA membership because of legal advice

Former Sinn Féin leader has taken High Court action against the broadcaster over claims he sanctionder murder of Denis Donaldson

Gerry Adams tells defamation trial he never joined the IRA

Judge tells jury claims made in documentaries they are being shown may be relevant to the issue of Adams’s reputation

Gerry Adams defamation case: Former Sinn Féin leader ‘not prepared to speculate’ on who was or was not in IRA

Court hears Adams continues to work with families of three men ‘disappeared’ by the IRA during Troubles who have not been found

Message from the Editor: a morass of Government’s own making on housing

Unseemly bickering between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael suggests absence of sense of purpose that might at least ameliorate crisis over course of Coalition’s term

Enda Kenny’s life and times offer five lessons for today’s politicians

A perennial rule of politics comes to mind for former Fine Gael leader

Gerry Adams vs the BBC: Dublin court recalls era when ‘the consequence for informing is death’

Jury in defamation action against the BBC shown documentary from 2016 that Adams claims ‘maliciously defamed’ him

Gerry Adams tells defamation trial BBC’s response to Spotlight complaint was ‘absolutely arrogant’

Former Sinn Féin leader claims 2016 programme defamed him by falsely accusing him of sanctioning killing of

Denis Donaldson a ‘victim’ of Troubles and viewed as expendable by handlers, Gerry Adams says

Second day of defamation action against the BBC hears former Sinn Féin leader decry alleged ‘hatchet job’ broadcast

‘Housing tsar’ salary causing a mounting headache for the Coalition

James Browne’s intervention on appointment has already led to a thinly veiled rebuke from a spokesman for Simon Harris

Gerry Adams takes jurors in his defamation case against BBC on a very long stroll down memory lane

Former Sinn Féin leader describes formative years in 1960s Belfast to High Court in Dublin

Gerry Adams defamation case: BBC accused of ‘reckless journalism’ over spy killing claim

Former Sinn Féin leader argues attack on his reputation over informer’s death

Garda Commissioner seeks to prevent two officers from having to give evidence in Gerry Adams case against BBC

Former Sinn Féin leader alleges he was defamed in a 2016 BBC Spotlight programme

Justice for my Father by Austin Stack: An account of 40 years of relentless probing into prison officer’s IRA murder

Story of Brian Stack’s killing and its aftermath is an important and bleak retrospective on Ireland during the Troubles

High Court confirms April trial date for Gerry Adams’ defamation action against BBC

Former Sinn Féin leader claims BBC falsely alleged he sanctioned killing of British spy Denis Donaldson

Presidential election starting to look like a lose-lose bet for Sinn Féin

Mary Lou McDonald knows she can’t afford to oversee yet another poor performance - but can the party credibly sit this one out?

Sinn Féin’s Doherty defends going to funeral of ‘friend’ and ex-IRA man ‘Bik’ McFarlane

Sinn Féin has faced criticism for its tributes to Brendan McFarlane, who died last month

Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane obituary: IRA figure linked to kidnapping, killings and prisoner escape

He became a firm supporter of the peace process

Sinn Féin’s Gerry Adams and Pearse Doherty among mourners at funeral of former senior IRA member

Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane led a mass break-out in September 1983

Gerry Adams says any compensation in ex-detainee case will be donated

‘I will continue to pursue this case. I have no personal interest in compensation for myself.’

Ted Howell obituary: Republican figure whose influence was far greater than his profile

Gerry Adams jokingly referred to him as ‘teddy bear’ but Howell was an authoritative presence whose word carried serious weight in the highest echelons of republicanism

Starmer looking at ‘every conceivable way’ to avoid compensating Gerry Adams

Former Sinn Féin leader and other former internees may seek compensation under Troubles legislation

Mary Lou McDonald pays tribute to republican ‘patriot’ Ted Howell during funeral service

McDonald, Michelle O’Neill and Gerry Adams took turns carrying strategist and negotiator’s coffin to Belfast cemetery

Influential Sinn Féin strategist Ted Howell dies aged 78

Trusted adviser to Gerry Adams was a senior member of the party’s backroom team in negotiations that led to the Belfast Agreement

John Bruton believed nationalists were not properly represented by Sinn Féin or SDLP

New taoiseach caused concern as IRA grappled with ceasefire and decommissioning decisions, papers show

How Sinn Féin came in from the cold: British state’s changing attitude to republicans tracked over time

Arrival of Sinn Féin members as elected representatives in 1980s met with caution and secrecy by officials

‘Show some respect’, Brian Cowen told Gerry Adams in furious Belfast meeting, records show

Kidnapping of dissident Tohill in 2004 heightened tensions, with McDowell comparing Sinn Féin to Nazis

US attorney general believed IRA tried to buy weapons after 1994 ceasefire, State papers reveal

Bill Clinton overruled objections to let Gerry Adams fundraise – and to celebrate St Patrick’s Day in White House

Stakeknife allegations ‘traumatised’ Sinn Féin, Ahern and Blair believed

Disclosure ignited ‘all kinds’ of conspiracy theories about who was being protected and who eliminated

From Blair and Clinton to civil servants in the shadows, archive papers reveal scale of peace push

IRA Army Council management by Gerry Adams, Bertie Ahern’s referendum worries and unionists’ mistrust are revealed in documents

Smart people still insist the truth of a patent absurdity – that Gerry Adams was never in the IRA

The observation that ‘the past is never dead – it’s not even past’ seems especially true in Northern Ireland

From Baby Reindeer and The Traitors to Bodkin and The 2 Johnnies Late Night Lock In: The best and worst television of 2024

The glory days of streaming are over, but TV has never been more unpredictable

There’s an air of autocracy about some of Sinn Féin’s recent pronouncements

Sinn Féin manifesto's bizarre plans for an investigation into RTÉ’s coverage of the conflict in Gaza are part of a worrying pattern

Family of Jean McConville criticise ‘hurtful’ Disney+ dramatisation

Nine-part series Say Nothing deals with abduction and murder of Belfast mother by Provisional IRA in December 1972

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