Paula Mackin

6 days ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | John Toner |Paula Mackin |Mark Tighe

Gerry Adams ‘would have settled for BBC apology’ as camp believe ‘political interference’ forced court battleMoney never his motive, sources claim, as public service broadcaster hit by most expensive legal defeat in its historyGerry Adams near his house in west Belfast yesterdayJohn Toner, Paula Mackin and Mark TigheToday at 08:40Gerry Adams would have settled his BBC libel case from the outset for just an apology, sources close to him have claimed.

2 months ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Ciaran Barnes |Paula Mackin

Lawyer’s letter threatening to gag us landed just hours after air hostess told us: “This is a mess, my life”The secret ex-lover of a UVF killer threatened to gag Sunday Life with a High Court injunction to prevent us reporting on their relationship. Solicitors for Orlaith Brown warned us of the court action after the Aer Lingus stewardess — who was murderer Jonny Brown’s mistress — told our reporter “this is a mess, my life” when we called to her door on Friday.