
Gerry Adams successfully took a libel case against the BBC and, after being awarded €100,000 in compensation, he donated it all to charity.

Date: November 12, 2025 - Wigs on the Green

Gerry Adams successfully took a libel case against the BBC and, after being awarded €100,000 in compensation, he donated it all to charity.
THROUGHOUT THE winter season generally, and Yuletide in particular, there is much in the way of mulling going around. The best kind, of course, is the wine but there are other sorts of mulling to be done as well. The public service media giant, the BBC, Old Auntie herself, probably won’t enjoy mulling over the… Read more »
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