Gerry Adams’ ‘putting manners on BBC’ remark ‘chilling’, NUJ secretary says

Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams outside the High Court in Dublin after winning his libel case against the BBC (Brian Lawless/PA)

Gerry Adams’ claim that his libel case against the BBC was about “putting manners” on the broadcaster has been described as “chilling” by a senior union figure.

Seamus Dooley, the Irish secretary of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), also said the high profile case showed the need for reform of Ireland’s defamation laws, saying the public would never know why the jury made its decision.