Ex-Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams awarded €100k in BBC libel case

Ex-Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has been awarded €100,000 (£84,000) in damages after winning his libel case against the BBC.

Adams, 76, took the BBC to court over a Spotlight NI documentary and an accompanying online article.

An anonymous source alleged Adams had sanctioned the 2006 murder of British agent Dennis Donaldson.

Donaldson had been emerging as a prominent figure inside Sinn Fein ranks.