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This week
15th December 2024 - 21st December 2024
FactCheck
Debunked: Pride flags will not be banned at next year's Fifa Club World Cup
17 Dec
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Last week
8th December 2024 - 21st December 2024
Investigates Golden handshakes
Exit payments: 26 TDs who lost their seats could cost the State €1.3 million over the next year
It adds to an existing bill of €3.9 million for TDs who already said they would not run again, as revealed by The Journal Investigates.
8 Dec
29.7k
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This month
December 2024
FactCheck
The far-right failed in the general election - but reports of their death have been exaggerated
4 Dec
10.2k
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Here’s all the news to know as you start your day.
Updated 4 Dec
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Last month
November 2024
GE2024 at a glance
State of play: What we know about the election now that most tallies have been completed
Here’s the state of play this afternoon.
30 Nov
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Exit Poll
Housing was the number one issue for voters yesterday (according to the exit poll, at least)
30 Nov
5.9k
69
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 It’s the first day of the general election count.
30 Nov
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GE2024 FactCheck
FactCheck: The final debate of the campaign, with claims on housing, inflation and manifestos
Stephen McDermott
27 Nov
29.9k
impersonators
Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Soc Dems say Bluesky accounts posting under their names are fake
26 Nov
7.5k
Far-right
Irish conspiracy theories about vote-rigging during June elections peaked around polling day
26 Nov
5.7k
FactCheck
FactCheck: RTÉ leaders' debate, from housing and transport to The National Children's Hospital
Countless claims over two hours plus, but who was accurate?
19 Nov
29.5k
FactCheck
FactCheck: Has the carbon tax led to a reduction in Ireland's emissions?
Mary Lou McDonald said this week that the tax has NOT led to a reduction.
Stephen McDermott
17 Nov
19.9k
GE2024 FactCheck
FactCheck: Four claims from last night's General Election housing debate
12 Nov
31.9k
GE2024 Election Once Again
How did parties and candidates campaign via online ads in the run-up to the election announcement?
Stephen McDermott
9 Nov
7.5k
47
FactCheck
How Roderic O'Gorman is targeted with homophobic slurs and misinformation about missing children
5 Nov
12.1k
October
October 2024
Investigates Political Pensions
Revealed: How much each TD not running for election can get in exit payment and pensions
31 Oct
33.2k
62
Investigates Political Pensions
Outgoing TDs will be paid almost €4 million in pensions and payments in year after election
The Journal Investigates delves into the entitlements of the 29 TDs who are leaving politics.
Stephen McDermott
31 Oct
33.4k
128
FactCheck
Newsletter: How a campaign against sex education has taken hold across Ireland
27 Oct
23.0k
pageturners
The Journal and The 42 authors shortlisted for this year's An Post Irish Book Awards
The Journal’s Best Irish Published Book of the Year is among the categories.
24 Oct
8.2k
FactCheck
FactCheck: Oat milk is set to be brought under VAT laws - but it isn't about to get more expensive
16 Oct
9.2k
FactCheck
Dept of Education says secondary pupils will 'categorically' not watch pornography in SPHE class
It follows the uploading of a video featuring an ‘SPHE whistleblower’ last week.
4 Oct
32.5k
FactCheck
FactCheck: Is Ireland now 'the top country in Europe' when it comes to building new homes?
3 Oct
20.3k
Money Back
Explainer: How do you claim the Rent Tax Credit and when will it be paid?
1 Oct
15.4k
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cashback
Rent tax credit to rise to €1,000 next year - and has been back-dated to add another €250 for 2024
1 Oct
6.1k
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September
September 2024
FactCheck
FactCheck: Why are so many people presenting as homeless in Dublin?
30 Sep
9.8k
The Morning Lead
The Taoiseach said asylum seekers are driving up homeless figures: experts say it's far more complicated
Yesterday marked the eighth consecutive month of record homeless figures.
Simon Harris' comments sparked controversy last week when he linked homelessness to record numbers of asylum seekers.
Charities in the sector say systemic factors related to the housing market are more to blame.
Stephen McDermott
28 Sep
17.3k
Newtownmountkennedy
RTÉ documentary reveals protesters used drones to watch asylum seekers living at Wicklow site
20 Sep
20.9k
RIP
Toto Schillaci - whose quarter final goal knocked Ireland out of Italia '90 - has died aged 59
18 Sep
32.0k
46
Operation Overload
The Journal among 200 outlets targeted by Russian disinformation about Olympics and US election
17 Sep
11.1k
The Morning Lead
Scammers are using AI photos to lure Instagram users into buying fake Irish brands
Thousands of ads for fake businesses have been run in Ireland by international scammers in recent months.
Ads for clothes or accessories have used AI-generated images of people who supposedly work at the shop in question.
Pages have attracted complaints from Irish customers saying that they didn't get the products they had paid for.
16 Sep
20.0k
FactCheck
FactCheck: Examining four claims from Darragh O'Brien and Eoin O Broin's latest housing debate
4 Sep
15.1k
what's the story
The Oasis ticket scramble has put 'dynamic pricing' back in the news: What exactly is it?
2 Sep
16.1k
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This year
2024
Study
People who watched deepfakes of Irish politicians formed false memories of interviews happening
31 Aug
9.7k
The Morning Lead
Burke brother spends €30,000 on Facebook ads promoting activities of Castlebar family
The spend includes more than €5,000 on ads which show senior politicians being heckled.
Stephen McDermott
5 Aug
65.5k
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
High Court rules that Ireland is breaching human rights of homeless asylum seekers
The court heard the case over three days earlier this year.
Updated 1 Aug
65.7k
FactCheck
Debunked: Irish groups spread baseless claim that Southport stabbing attacker was asylum seeker
30 Jul
15.5k
FactCheck
'Unlikely to survive the night': False rumours about Joe Biden's demise are going viral online
Stephen McDermott
23 Jul
21.8k
FactCheck
Debunked: Ursula von der Leyen's husband is not the director of a company owned by Pfizer
22 Jul
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FactCheck
Debunked: Bus company refutes claims it wouldn't drive 150 asylum seekers into Coolock site
17 Jul
26.5k
Dublin
Coolock: 15 charged and pepper spray used by gardaí following fire at site of anti-immigrant protests
Emergency services were at the scene throughout today.
Taoiseach Simon Harris said the protests are 'criminal and designed to sow fear and division'.
A number of Garda vehicles were also damaged.
Updated 15 Jul
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