The BBC has been ordered to pay €100,000 ($113,000) in damages to ex-Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams in a libel case about the murder of an Irish MI5 informant. In a BBC Northern Ireland documentary that aired in 2016 plus an online article,

Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has won a libel suit against the BBC over a claim he authorized the killing of an informant. A jury at the High Court in Dublin found in Adams’ favor on

DUBLIN - Former Irish republican leader Gerry Adams won a libel case against the BBC on Friday, and was awarded 100,000 euros ($113,000) in damages over a report containing allegations he was involved in killing a British spy.