Reputation is like a curate’s egg — the bad part cannot be ignored. “And that is what Mr Adams is asking you to do,” barrister Paul Gallagher told the jury. In its fourth week at hearing, on Thursday Gerry Adams’ High Court defamation action against the BBC finally hit the home stretch. The jury was presented with closing arguments to Adams’ claim that he was libelled in a BBC Spotlight current affairs programme in September 2016, and in a follow-up online article, alleging he sanctioned the killing of IRA double agent Denis Donaldson. The BBC denies defaming the 76-year-old and…

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