BBC faces criticism over delay in paying court-ordered damages to Gerry Adams

The BBC lost a major defamation case earlier this year after Gerry Adams took them to court over a 2016 episode of its Spotlight programme and an accompanying online story

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

The BBC has been criticised for not yet having paid court-ordered damages to former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams.

The corporation lost a major defamation case earlier this year after Mr Adams took them to court over a 2016 episode of its Spotlight programme and an accompanying online story.