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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
Debunked: Fake frame from Simpsons episode used to say show predicted Baltimore bridge disaster
Debunked: A historical chart in an old IPCC report does not show that climate change is a hoax
Debunked: ‘Ireland will change forever’ conspiracy meme is contradictory and nonsensical
Debunked: Chart used to criticise Dublin actually shows ranking for homelessness services
Debunked: Anti-migrant video asks: ‘Anyone know where in Dublin this is?’ The answer: Germany
Arrested, disgraced, injured: Cryptocurrency scams promote hoax stories about Irish celebrities
Have you seen spam ads appear on your social feeds?
One scam recently came about after a hacking of an Indian politician's Meta account.
The Journal understands the account was compromised by hackers who launched more than 50 ad campaigns.
Celebrity scam ads appear on Facebook and X.com after less than a minute of scrolling through main feeds.
Debunked: No evidence of children trafficked to Mayo as described in Senator’s tweet
Debunked: Audio of Gordon Ramsay praising Irish protestors is fabricated, likely by AI
Debunked: The Irish Muslim Council has not put up stickers advocating for ‘Sharia Law’
Debunked: Norway has not deported 1,600 people from Somalia
'Serious damage can be done to democracy' — Electoral Commission warns about disinformation
Debunked: Clip shows crowds at a pro-refugee rally last year, not an anti-immigrant protest