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2024
Debunked: False claims allege Kamala Harris paralysed a child and dressed in Communist attire
Debunked: Fake Sinn Féin ads shared online suggest party is selling 'burkas' featuring its logo
Debunked: Videos showing a man smashing up an airport with a hammer were not filmed in Dublin
Debunked: Deepfake video of Simon Harris 'congratulating' anti-immigrant groups shared online
Debunked: Claims water would ‘be turned off in Dublin for two days’ did not materialise
Debunked: The World Health Organization has not ordered ‘mega lockdowns’ for Mpox
Debunked: No evidence of attempted child abduction claims in Dundalk
Factcheck: AI-generated pictures used to falsely bolster accusations against Kamala Harris
Debunked: A mosque was not set on fire during violent riots in Belfast, despite claims
Debunked: Bill Gates and the WHO did not call for armies to arrest and forcibly vaccinate people
Factcheck: Despite creationist claims, there are many ‘transitional links’ in the fossil record
Conspiracy theories swirl online amid unanswered questions about Trump assassination attempt
Coolock: Disinformation included claims about 'unvetted males' and 'white destruction'
FactCheck: Do two new PESCO projects mean Irish troops will be sent off to fight?
FactCheck: Tánaiste says First Home Scheme can't be used for Oscar Traynor Road affordable homes
Debunked: A comparison of US temperatures in May 1896 and May 2024 is misleading
Debunked: Condensation trails after airplanes aren't signs of intentional climate modification
Debunked: Visiting restrictions at Tallaght Hospital are due to viruses, despite conspiracy theories
Fake news inspires abuse and arson attacks, Garda tells committee discussing social media
Debunked: Why terms like 'illegals' and 'people trafficking' mischaracterise the asylum system
Debunked: Ireland has not agreed to 'arrest citizens who speak out against the Bird Flu vaccine’
Debunked: A US appeals court did not rule that mRNA shots are not really 'vaccines'
Profiled: Meet Ireland's new far-right councillors
Debunked: Fabricated quotes and made-up commentators feature in 'vote-rigging' news story
Debunked: Child sexual abuse material still illegal in Germany despite decriminalisation claims
How Ireland's non-white election candidates are targeted with misinformation and racist abuse
Debunked: High Court did not rule that ‘illegal immigrants should be paid €318 per week’
Debunked: One political party's false election claims on immigration, neutrality and NATO
A leaflet by Ireland First contains a number of inaccuracies.
Debunked: Police at Newtownmountkennedy clashes were Gardaí, not PSNI officers
Debunked: Deepfaked Michael O’Leary appears in scam ad pushing financial platform ‘Ryan Chain’
Organisers deny claims of discrimination against rugby fans over alcohol rules at Croke Park
Organisers deny claims of discrimination against rugby fans over alcohol rules at Croke Park
Debunked: Image of Garda standoff shared after Newtownmountkennedy protests is AI-generated
Debunked: The Ukraine Credit Guarantee Scheme is not closed to Irish businesses. It's for them.
Debunked: Posts ‘as Gaeilge’ among more than 100 scam ads featuring presenter Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh
Debunked: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy did not buy a British Royal residence
Debunked: Nazis falsely identified as members of Ursula von der Leyen’s family
Debunked: No, the European Union has not told Ireland to delay a general election
FactCheck: Are psychiatric patients in Canada given leaflets for assisted dying when they go to A&E?
Debunked: Posts advertising free online further education certificate courses are a scam