Dismayed by Gerry Adams' libel victory in a Dublin court, BBC now considering geoblocking Republic
Inside the BBC, Gerry Adams's libel victory in Dublin's High Court immediately prompted radical thinking. Few in the Republic yet realise that the most profound implications of this case could be borne not by British licence fee payers, but by the Irish public.
From the BBC's perspective, the jury's decision was little short of disastrous. Across the corporation, figures in both editorial and management positions had been steeling themselves for what they feared might come. They knew that a jury — something virtually abolished in Britain long ago — was a lottery.
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