A source close to Mr Adams described the delay as ‘deplorable’ and said good causes are waiting to benefit from the money

In May 2023, a High Court jury awarded William Bird €75,000 after it found the article in the Limerick Leader, published in June 2016, was defamatory.

Defamation laws in Ireland will be changed as quickly as possible, the Taoiseach pledged.

Eoin McCullough SC, for the BBC, said it is still considering whether to bring an appeal against the jury  decision and award made last Friday.

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

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

Mr Adams had claimed that the 2016 Spotlight programme and related article defamed him by falsely accusing him of giving “the final say” in the Provisional IRA’s murder of MI5 informant Denis Donaldson at a cottage in Glenties, Co Donegal in 2006.

The BBC argue the publication was fair and reasonable and in the public interest, a defence against a defamation action outlined in the Defamation Act 2009.

The man accused the BBC's Stephen Nolan of being involved in sectarianism and of inciting hatred and violence in Belfast

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

Rachel Kenny, formerly Director of Planning at An Bord Pleanála, brought defamation proceedings against Gavin Daly over several Twitter posts published between June 26th and 27th, 2023 – including one accusing her of bringing “disrepute” on the planning profession.

The High Court ruled Peter Casey had been defamed in a social media post about his provision of accommodation for Ukrainian refugees

The Tánaiste said proposed protections against strategic lawsuits ‘tip the balance back in favour of the media’

Micheal Martin said X is ‘far less’ co-operative than Google on online defamation.

Judge O’Connor held that the defamation in the case was a serious attack on Ms Holland’s professional integrity as a journalist and had caused her considerable hurt.

Mr Justice Rory Mulcahy found that the words in the story, published in October 2022, were incapable of injuring Mr Burke's reputation

John Waters claimed Kitty Holland may have been used as a tool by 'unscrupulous interests'

A date has been set for Enoch Burke's defamation action against Mediahuis Ireland, publishers of the Sunday Independent

Declan Ganley and Rivada Networks Ltd are suing international news broadcaster CNN for defamation.

Dermot Desmond claims he was defamed when he was linked to companies which dealt with the law firm whose data was leaked during the 2016 Panama Papers controversy

Eoin Michael Cahill sued Ryanair, claiming it defamed him after the airline wrongly accused him of engaging in alleged disruptive behaviour and banned him from flying with the airline

Seeking the order, Ms McKenna told the court that it is her client's case that he was defamed in a tweet published by Mr Musk on September 27th last.

Since the hung jury trial, there have been some 19 publications by Ms O'Doherty about what went on at the trial

Noel Howley claimed that Michael Feehan made defamatory remarks about him which were heard by his wife while she was in Croke Park in 2016, watching the All-Ireland football final between Mayo and Dublin with her daughters

The actor and producer is suing the publisher of The Guardian newspaper for libel.

The couple have settled legal action after complaining about allegations published online

Irish businessman Ronnie Delany claims he was defamed and his reputation damged

William Bird was awarded €75,000 in general damages following an article published in the Limerick Leader in June 2016

William Bird (82) is suing Iconic Newspapers Ltd, publishers of the Limerick Leader, over an article listing tax settlements from a list published by Revenue

The plan includes a reform where, if a person is defamed, the correction must be published with equal prominence to the defamatory publication

A judge will rule later on an appeal by former Sunday Independent Columnist Eoghan Harris against the Circuit Court's decision to transfer his defamation action against journalist Aoife Moore

The judge said comments posted on Mr McGregor's Twitter account about Mr Lobov were not 'clearly defamatory'

In 2020 a High Court jury made the award, following a 30-day trial, to Chris Gordon, security head of the Turf Club, now known as the Irish Horse Racing Regulatory Board (IHRB)

Mr Burke said while he was no longer proceeding with his application for a section 33 order, he does want the full hearing of his defamation action to go ahead

Limerick solicitor Gerard O'Neill sued over the comments in press releases by ISME about a personal injuries action in which he represented two people involved in a traffic incident

Dismissing the case he said: “It would render shopkeepers incapable of doing any business if they could not take a customer to one side and talk with them.”

Britain's Prince Harry sued Associated Newspapers after the paper ran an article about his claim over his security arrangements when he is in the UK