Gerry Adams sues BBC for defamation over claims he sanctioned the killing of an informant.

Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams is suing the BBC for defamation over a 2016 Spotlight program and an online article that accused him of sanctioning the killing of former Sinn Féin official Denis Donaldson. Donaldson was killed in 2006 after admitting to being a police and MI5 informant. During the trial, Adams refuses to speculate on IRA membership, denies involvement in Donaldson's death, and claims his reputation as a "peacemaker" has been unjustly attacked. The trial is ongoing in Dublin's High Court.