Overview

• Gerry Adams is suing the BBC in Dublin's High Court over a 2016 Spotlight programme and online article alleging he approved Denis Donaldson's murder.
• Adams told the court he 'liked' Donaldson but had limited interactions with him, denying any involvement in his death.
• An anonymous source in the BBC programme claimed Adams sanctioned Donaldson's killing, a charge Adams has labeled as false and defamatory.
• Adams described the BBC's reporting as a 'hatchet job' full of inaccuracies and criticized the broadcaster for leaving the article online for nearly a decade.
• The trial, expected to last four weeks, will be decided by a jury tasked with determining if Adams' reputation was unfairly damaged.