Ann O’Loughlin

6 days ago | irishexaminer.com | Ann O’Loughlin

A barrister has put to Gerry Adams in the High Court that he was a member of the IRA and sat on its army council, and that is the reason why he did not previously take legal action over such allegations. Mr Justice Alexander Owens intervened before Mr Adams responded to the allegation, made by Paul Gallagher SC on the second week of a civil trial hearing into the Sinn Féin leader’s defamation action against the BBC.

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Ann O’Loughlin

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 that he would not get a fair hearing. The former Sinn Féin leader also told the court on Wednesday that the fact that he was suing the BBC over claims made in a 2016 programme showed how serious he took those claims.

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Ann O’Loughlin

Gerry Adams has claimed allegations made about him in a BBC programme undermine progress achieved during the Northern Ireland peace process. The former Sinn Féin leader was giving evidence on the second week of his High Court action against the BBC, in which he claims a programme and a related article published in 2016 defamed him by falsely accusing him of sanctioning the 2006 killing of British agent Denis Donaldson.

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Ann O’Loughlin

Gerry Adams has rejected a suggestion that he was a senior IRA member released from internment as a precondition to talks aimed at securing a truce between the paramilitary group and the British Army in 1972. The former Sinn Féin leader was giving evidence on the second week of his High Court action against the BBC, in which he claims a Spotlight programme and a related article published in 2016 defamed him by falsely accusing him of sanctioning the 2006 killing of British agent Denis Donaldson.

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Ann O’Loughlin

Gerry Adams has told the High Court that he cannot be expected to remember every death that occurred during the Troubles, after stating that he could not recall the death toll of several atrocities in the conflict. The former Sinn Féin leader was being cross-examined on the fourth day of his defamation action against the BBC. Mr Adams claims a BBC programme and related article published in 2016 defamed him by falsely accusing him of sanctioning the 2006 killing of MI5 agent Denis Donaldson.