Gerry Adams defamation trial: Jury told to consider ex-Sinn Féin leader’s reputation in Republic of Ireland, not anywhere else
The former Sinn Féin leader claims a BBC Spotlight programme and a related article published in 2016 defamed him
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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
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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
Say Nothing: Bingeable yet sober-minded eulogy for the tragedy of the Troubles
Television review: Adaptation of Patrick Radden Keefe book retraces abduction and murder of Jean McConville and experiences of IRA bomber Dolours Price
Gerry Adams denies involvement in ‘Disappeared’ killings as Disney+ series launches
New drama series links former Sinn Féin president to deaths of Jean McConville and three others but Adams says accusations based on claims from ‘anti-peace process republicans’
Rita: A Memoir by Rita O’Hare; At the End of The Day by Jimmy Kelly; Until We Fall by Helena Sheehan
Memoirs of three people who committed to their take on a better world, with each subject’s political gravity falling to the left
The Disappeared: ‘If you think there are straightforward heroes and villains then you are not thinking hard enough’
Say Nothing covers a broad sweep of Troubles history, from civil rights marches in 1969 to the arrest of Gerry Adams for questioning about the murder of Jean McConville. It’s a story about the costs of violence ‘and the way they echo down the years’
What Gerry Adams really said to David Trimble in the loo during peace talks
Drama bigs up Adams-Trimble encounter; Saoirse Ronan gets a knock-back; buskers object to Grafton Street development; and Sabina Higgins takes on a woolly role
The Provisional IRA’s campaign was never about civil rights
Former campaigner Anthony Coughlan: Modern-day Sinn Féin trying invent a respectable ‘myth of origin’ for itself
Crisis upon crisis: What next for Mary Lou McDonald and Sinn Féin as an election looms?
The party faces strategic problems over where it positions itself and who its core voters are. And as it’s trying to figure all this out, it gets hit with one controversy after another
Gerry Adams defamation case against BBC to be heard by jury next spring
The former Sinn Féin leader alleges he was defamed in a 2016 programme and article
Agreement: No play about the Good Friday negotiations has the right to be this much fun
Dublin Theatre Festival 2024: Owen McCafferty’s writing cuts through the Belfast peace talks’ seriousness to find levity in personal stakes and political bluster
The Ban: What did barring Sinn Féin voices from the airwaves do to political culture?
Roisin Agnew on her new film, which is being screened as part of the IFI Documentary Festival 2024
Voices of the dead speak again, telling unheard stories of the IRA ceasefire 30 years on
New writing and never-previously broadcast interviews bring alive the negotiations and nervousness before a critical moment in the Belfast peace process
‘After a few thumps, they let go of me’: Veteran editor on covering the North from Troubles to today
Noel Doran singles out the murder of Patrick Kielty’s father in 1988 in influencing his outlook as editor of Irish News for 25 years
Grizzled ‘republican family’ veterans turn out for IRA bomber Rose Dugdale’s funeral
Mourners who forgot to wear Easter lilies handed replacements as service plays host to who’s who of republican circles
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