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Sharp exchanges between Gerry Adams and BBC barrister
There were some sharp exchanges between Gerry Adams and a barrister acting for the BBC on the fourth day of the former Sinn ...
London Evening Standard7d
‘Big sensationalist expose’ claim over Adams programme denied
A BBC Spotlight programme which aired a claim Gerry Adams sanctioned the killing of a spy was ‘measured and precise’. Spotlight editor Gwyneth Jones outside the High Court in Dublin (PA ...
Irish Sun22d
Gerry Adams ‘liked but did not have many dealings’ with British spy Denis Donaldson who was killed, court hears
GERRY Adams has said he “liked but did not have many dealings” with a British spy who was killed, a Dublin court heard. The former Sinn Fein president said that Denis Donaldson was “a victim ...
Belfast Telegraph5d
Gerry Adams vs the BBC: ‘I am here to defend the journalism,’ reporter tells ‘smear’ trial
As Declan Doyle, one of Gerry Adams’s senior counsel, cross-examined the editor of BBC’s Spotlight programme last week, he asked her about directions she had given the actor who voiced ...
The Independent20d
Gerry Adams tells trial he does not remember how many died on Bloody Friday
Gerry Adams has told a libel hearing that he does not remember how many people were killed in IRA atrocities such as Bloody Friday or the Claudy bombings. There were sharp exchanges between Mr ...
London Evening Standard23d
Adams tells court he ‘liked but did not have many dealings’ with British spy
Gerry Adams told the court Denis Donaldson was ‘a victim of the conflict’ and his handlers had seen him as ‘expendable’. Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams outside the High Court in ...
BBC24d
Gerry Adams suffered 'unjustified attack' by BBC, says lawyer
Gerry Adams' reputation as a peacemaker suffered "an unjustified attack" by the BBC, which wrongly alleged he sanctioned the murder of informer Denis Donaldson in 2006, the High Court in Dublin ...
The Irish Times16d
Gerry Adams says he did not sue over allegations of IRA membership because of legal advice
Gerry Adams has told the High Court that he did not take legal action over repeated claims he was a Provisional IRA member and sat on its army council because he was advised he would not get a ...
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Sharp exchanges between Gerry Adams and BBC barrister
There were some sharp exchanges between Gerry Adams and a barrister acting for the ... The cross-examination lasted about 90 minutes and is due to resume on Tuesday morning. On Thursday, the ...
The Irish News23d
Gerry Adams tells court he ‘liked but did not have many dealings’ with British spy Denis Donaldson
Gerry Adams has said he “liked but did not have many dealings” with a British spy who was killed, a Dublin court heard. The former Sinn Fein president said that Denis Donaldson was “a victim ...
The Independent23d
Adams tells court he ‘liked but did not have many dealings’ with British spy
Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams outside the High Court in Dublin, where he is bringing a legal action against the BBC over allegations about the murder of an MI5 spy (Liam McBurney/PA ...