Gerry Adams has been awarded £84,000 (€100,000) in damages after winning his libel action against the BBC after a documentary claimed he ordered the murder of a fellow Sinn Fein official unmasked as a British spy.
Mr Adams said that a BBC Spotlight programme, and an accompanying online story, defamed him by alleging he sanctioned the killing of Denis Donaldson, for which he denies any involvement.
Mr Donaldson was shot dead inside his cottage in Co Donegal in 2006, months after admitting his role as a police and MI5 agent over 20 years.
In the programme broadcast in September 2016, an anonymous source given the pseudonym Martin claimed the shooting was sanctioned by the political and military leadership of the IRA and that Mr Adams gave 'the final say'.
Adams denies involvement and called the allegation a 'grievous smear'.
