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Former Sinn Fein leader awarded €100,000 in damages from the BBC
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2:13Now PlayingFormer Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has been awarded €100,000 (£84,000) in damages after winning his defamation action against the BBC.
The 76-year-old had claimed a BBC Spotlight programme and an online article published in 2016 defamed him by falsely accusing him of sanctioning the murder of British informant Denis Donaldson.
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