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Northern Ireland

Sinn Fein agreed to Stormont base as ‘olive branch’ to unionists, Adams says

Sinn Fein agreed that Parliament Buildings at Stormont should house the Northern Ireland Assembly established in 1998 as an “olive branch” to unionists, Gerry Adams has said. The former Sinn Fein president said consideration was given to basing the ...

03 Apr 2023 at 11:00

Northern Ireland

Unionism needs to ‘give itself a shake’ over Stormont return – Gerry Adams

Unionism needs to “give itself a shake” as part of efforts to restore government at Stormont, former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has said. Mr Adams joined former taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Tony Blair’s one-time chief of staff Jonathan Powell for ...

17 Apr 2023 at 13:34

Northern Ireland

British ministers ‘reluctant to accept McGuinness committed to peace process’

Senior British ministers were reluctant to accept that Martin McGuinness was “genuinely” committed to the peace process in Northern Ireland, archive files have revealed. Secretary of State Sir Patrick Mayhew also speculated whether the IRA was ...

30 Dec 2022 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Jury sworn in for Gerry Adams’ defamation case against BBC

A jury has been sworn in for a defamation case brought by former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams against the BBC. Beginning proceedings at Dublin High Court on Tuesday, Mr Justice Alexander Owens said the trial is likely to last four weeks. ...

29 Apr 2025 at 13:22

National News

Rose Dugdale never regretted swapping privileged life for the IRA, funeral told

Rose Dugdale, the English aristocrat who led a notorious IRA art heist, had no regrets about turning her back on a life of privilege, her funeral has heard. Mourners were told that the disinherited heiress, who died earlier this month at ...

27 Mar 2024 at 17:10

Northern Ireland

US attorney general wanted to stop Gerry Adams fundraising trip

The United States attorney general attempted to block Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams from fundraising there in 1995, newly released records show. Papers contained in the annual release of documents from the National Archives in Dublin ...

29 Dec 2024 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams tells libel case IRA membership was ‘not a path I took’

Gerry Adams has said IRA membership was “not a path I took” as he was quizzed about his past comments and republican links during a libel trial. The 76-year-old said an attempt was being made to “smother” the jury in history as he ...

06 May 2025 at 17:47

National News

‘Big sensationalist expose’ claim over Adams programme denied

A BBC editor has strongly rejected a view that a programme which aired a claim that Gerry Adams sanctioned the killing of a spy was a “big sensationalist expose”. During a libel trial in Dublin, Declan Doyle SC, acting for Mr ...

15 May 2025 at 17:55

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams: Give DUP ‘wee bit of space’ over return to powersharing

The DUP needs to be given space to make up its mind over returning to the powersharing institutions at Stormont, Gerry Adams has said. However, the former Sinn Fein president added that if the unionist party did not agree to ...

03 Apr 2023 at 11:00

BBC reporter tells court she took ‘utmost care’ with Gerry Adams allegation

Northern Ireland

BBC reporter took ‘utmost care’ with Gerry Adams allegation, court told

A BBC reporter has told Dublin’s High Court that she took the “utmost care and responsibility” with the allegation that Gerry Adams had sanctioned the killing of a spy. After a source made the claim in an interview, ...

14 May 2025 at 14:36

Northern Ireland

What Gerry Adams said during seven days of evidence in BBC defamation trial

For seven days, Gerry Adams took his place in the witness box in the tiny Court 24, just a few feet from where lawyers and journalists crammed on to the narrow wooden benches. The jury at Dublin High Court heard ...

30 May 2025 at 12:04

Northern Ireland

BBC ends cross-examination of Gerry Adams in libel trial

The “damage had been done” when the BBC published an article which alleged that Gerry Adams had ordered the killing of an informant, the former Sinn Fein leader has told a libel trial. Mr Adams is suing the BBC ...

08 May 2025 at 16:53

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