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Cate McCurry

Gerry Adams to donate 100,000 euros to Irish language and Palestinian charities

Gerry Adams outside the High Court in Dublin (Brian Lawless/PA) - (PA Wire)

Gerry Adams said he will donate the 100,000 euros (£84,000) he is to receive in damages from the BBC to charities that help children in Gaza, the homeless in Ireland and Irish language groups.

Mr Adams took the BBC to court over a 2016 episode of its Spotlight programme, and an accompanying online story, which he said defamed him by alleging he sanctioned the killing of former Sinn Fein official Denis Donaldson, for which he denies any involvement.

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