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No evidence police leaked Denis Donaldson information before murder: Ombudsman

There is no evidence that police leaked information about the whereabouts of a former Sinn Fein member who was unmasked as an informant before he was murdered, a watchdog report has said. Denis Donaldson was shot dead at a remote cottage in Donegal ...

11 Mar 2022 at 09:56

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Garda Commissioner challenged on policing issues at JPC meeting

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris received a roasting from several members of the Donegal Joint Policing Committee when he met them at Donegal County Council headquarters in Lifford on Monday afternoon. He was challenged over resources, poor response ...

17 Jan 2023 at 11:30

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland secretary aware of Stormontgate ‘for months’, records reveal

The Northern Ireland secretary knew for “some months” ahead of a hugely controversial police raid at Sinn Fein’s offices, according to newly unsealed records. On October 4 2002, a large number of PSNI officers raided the Sinn Fein offices at ...

27 Dec 2024 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams legal case against BBC due before Dublin court

Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams’s court case against the BBC over allegations about the murder of an MI5 spy is due to begin. Claims were made in a BBC Northern Ireland Spotlight programme in 2016 over who sanctioned the killing of ...

29 Apr 2025 at 10:03

Northern Ireland

Jury sworn in for Gerry Adams’ defamation case against BBC

A jury has been sworn in for a defamation case brought by former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams against the BBC. Beginning proceedings at Dublin High Court on Tuesday, Mr Justice Alexander Owens said the trial is likely to last four ...

29 Apr 2025 at 13:22

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams suffered ‘unjustified’ attack through BBC allegation, court hears

Gerry Adams’ reputation as a “peacemaker” suffered an “unjustified” attack when the BBC broadcast an allegation that he had sanctioned the murder of an informer, a civil case has been told. Barrister for Mr Adams, Tom Hogan SC, ...

29 Apr 2025 at 17:23

Northern Ireland

Adams tells court he ‘liked but did not have many dealings’ with British spy

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 of the conflict” and said the ...

30 Apr 2025 at 15:07

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams tells defamation trial that BBC programme was ‘hatchet job’

Gerry Adams has called a BBC programme in which he claims he was defamed an “attempted hatchet job” that was “full of inaccuracies”. He said he was “astonished” when he watched the programme, aired in September 2016, ...

30 Apr 2025 at 18:36

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams says BBC response to complaint over informer story ‘insulting’

Gerry Adams has told a court that a BBC response to his complaint over an allegation that he had sanctioned the murder of an informer was “absolutely insulting”. The former MP and Sinn Fein leader is continuing to ...

01 May 2025 at 15:46

Northern Ireland

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 Adams and a ...

02 May 2025 at 17:04

Northern Ireland

BBC did not mention Adams allegation, Donaldson family’s former solicitor says

Gerry Adams was not mentioned in interactions between the solicitor representing the family of a man who was killed and a BBC team making a documentary on the matter, a libel trial relating to the ...

08 May 2025 at 17:26

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams had reputation as ‘warmonger’, victims’ campaigner tells court

Gerry Adams had a reputation as a “warmonger” and “peace taker”, advocates with victims’ groups have told the jury in a libel action taken by the former Sinn Fein president against the BBC. Mr ...

21 May 2025 at 15:45

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