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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Cillian Sherlock

Gerry Adams donates to ‘good causes’ after BBC pays 100,000 euro damages

Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams (Brian Lawless/PA) - (PA Wire)

Gerry Adams has said he has made donations to “good causes” after the BBC paid the former Sinn Fein president 100,000 euro (£84,000) in defamation damages.

The broadcaster lost a defamation case earlier this year after Mr Adams took them to court over a 2016 episode of its Spotlight programme and an accompanying online story.

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