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MORE than 300 rising stars will take to the Lime Tree Theatre for the first time, to mark the success of Spotlight Stage School, which has introduced young minds to the magic of theatre for the past 30 years. On Saturday and Sunday, May 21 and May ...

14 May 2016 at 10:00

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, Jennifer O’Leary said she was ...

14 May 2025 at 14:36

Northern Ireland

BBC to pay Gerry Adams 100,000 euros in defamation case

The BBC has been ordered to pay former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams 100,000 euros (£84,000) after he won a “resounding” libel victory over the broadcaster. Mr Adams took the BBC to court over an episode of its Spotlight programme, and an ...

30 May 2025 at 16:07

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams awarded 100,000 euro in damages after suing BBC for libel

Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has been awarded 100,000 euro (£84,000) in damages after winning his libel action against the BBC. Mr Adams said that a BBC Spotlight programme, and an accompanying online story, defamed him by ...

30 May 2025 at 12:23

Northern Ireland

Awarding damages to Gerry Adams would be ‘a cruel joke’, BBC lawyer says

Gerry Adams is engaging in “a cynical attempt to launder his reputation” by suing the BBC, a jury has been told. Mr Adams is suing the BBC over what he claims was a “grievous smear” against him. He says a BBC Spotlight programme,...

22 May 2025 at 14:25

Northern Ireland

Claim about Adams in BBC programme ‘probably’ not rules breach – media expert

A BBC programme which aired a claim that Gerry Adams sanctioned the killing of a spy would “probably” not have breached broadcasting regulations and was not “unfair or unjust”, a media expert has told a court. Chris Banatvala, ...

20 May 2025 at 13:33

Spotlight - Kieran Beville

Spotlight: Historically informed performances - Kieran Beville

LOCAL musicians have created a new organisation to support historically informed performance in Limerick and its environs. March 21 is the confluence of a number of notable events – it is the spring equinox, and for classical ...

11 Mar 2021 at 15:00

Spotlight - Kieran Beville

Spotlight: Keeping alive our literary traditions alive - Kieran Beville

The pandemic has impacted on all of us in various ways. Covid restrictions are especially difficult for business and artistic communities locally, nationally and internationally. Many artists, writers and musicians have had ...

25 Feb 2021 at 15:00

Spotlight - Kieran Beville

Spotlight: Artist full of Dutch courage - Kieran Beville

Originally born (1990) in the Netherlands, Lotte Bender came to Ireland when she was six years old and grew up near Ardpatrick. Her parents are both Dutch and love the countryside but rural property in the Netherlands is ...

08 Jul 2021 at 14:00

Spotlight - Kieran Beville

Spotlight: The importance of being Myles

Myles Breen is a Limerick legend! I first met him at UCC in 1984 when we were engaged in postgraduate studies in Education. We both auditioned for a part in a UCC Dramatic Society play by Samuel Beckett. Myles got a ...

27 May 2021 at 14:00

Spotlight - Kieran Beville

Spotlight: Kathy -You’ve been framed - Kieran Beville

Kathy Tiernan is a founding member and co-ordinator of ArtLimerick – a group of artists who have the desire and passion to build a community around Limerick Art and aim to promote emerging and established local ...

08 Apr 2021 at 15:00

National News

Judge rules material from Troubles documentaries be handed to PSNI for terror probe

The BBC is to hand over broadcasted and unbroadcasted material from a documentary series about Northern Ireland’s Troubles to the police as part of investigations into terrorist activity, a judge has said. An ...

07 Apr 2022 at 17:45

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