The BBC has indicated it will apply for a stay on orders relating to the successful defamation claim against the broadcaster on Tuesday.

John O’Dowd said management at the corporation had knee-jerked in their reaction to Friday’s verdict at Dublin High Court.

Former Sinn Fein leader Mr Adams won a high profile defamation case against the BBC over an episode in a Spotlight programme.

Enda McGarrity said the Donaldson family had been ‘stonewalled’ in their quest for answers over the 2006 murder of Denis Donaldson.

The former Sinn Féin president sued the broadcaster over allegations in a Spotlight documentary.

Denis Donaldson was shot dead in Co Donegal in 2006, months after admitting his role as a police and MI5 agent over 20 years.

The broadcaster has been ordered to pay the former Sinn Fein leader €100,000.

The former president of Sinn Fein is suing the BBC over a claim that he sanctioned the killing of informer Denis Donaldson in 2006.

The high-profile trial at Dublin High Court has entered its fifth week.

The former Sinn Féin leader said he would not ‘speculate’ on IRA members or rules in Dublin’s High Court.

The former Sinn Féin leader told the defamation trial that an attempt is being made to ‘smother’ the jury in history.

The former Sinn Féin leader is continuing to give evidence in his defamation case against the BBC at the High Court.

The former Sinn Fein president entered the witness box on the first day of his defamation case against the BBC.

Claims were made in a BBC Northern Ireland Spotlight programme in 2016 over who sanctioned the killing of British spy Denis Donaldson.

The case is about British informant Denis Donaldson, who was shot dead in his cottage in Co Donegal in 2006.

The former Sinn Féin leader said it was now ‘obvious’ the Labour Government will not repeal the Legacy Act.

Mr Blair called on the IRA to provide clarity on ‘three questions’ around disarmament.