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Debunked: Claims of Russian battlefield gains misuse report that finds greater Ukrainian advances

14 Jul

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Debunked: 'Cheapfake' video shared online makes Leo Varadkar appear to complain about immigrants

9 Jul

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Debunked: A fake government memo falsely claims Irish leaders visited Epstein's private island

8 Jul

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Debunked: There are no special tax-free arrangements for Islamic banking or 'halal mortgages'

3 Jul

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Debunked: A scientific study does not show that sunscreen increases the risk of skin cancer

2 Jul

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Debunked: Maps comparing European temperatures in 1976 and 2026 use mislabelled data

26 Jun

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Debunked: Picture of Netanyahu supporting Argentina at the World Cup is AI-generated

25 Jun

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The head of US intelligence has been pushing misinformation about Ukrainian 'biolabs'. What are they?

20 Jun

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Debunked: The government didn't engineer a crisis by bringing Georgian asylum seekers to Ireland

17 Jun

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Debunked: There is no ‘second suspect’ for the Belfast knife attack

10 Jun

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Debunked: Far-right figures spread untrue claim foreigners were taking over a farmer's land

28 May

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Debunked: Posts misrepresent a routine honour given to the Iranian ambassador by the Vatican

15 May

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Debunked: There is no government scheme offering free cheese to recipients of a hantavirus vaccine

15 May

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Debunked: The WHO has not said hantavirus is 'spreading very fast across the world'

14 May

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Debunked: Ivermectin is not a proven cure for cancer, despite claims by famous figures in the US

7 May

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Debunked: Video of abandoned 'Irish' woman in London contains no evidence she is Irish

29 Apr

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A bizarre 'time travel' theory is among the conspiracies spreading about the DC shooter

27 Apr

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Debunked: Fringe commentator from US spreads false rumour of stabbing at Connolly Station

21 Apr

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Debunked: The PSNI was not involved with breaking up fuel protests in Cork, Galway or Dublin

14 Apr

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Debunked: Micheál Martin was not attending his daughter’s wedding while protesters faced off with Gardaí

14 Apr

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Old footage and incorrect hot takes fuelling misinformation around protests

10 Apr

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Debunked: Posts objecting to a proposed ‘Mega Mosque’ in Letterkenny mislead about actual plans

9 Apr

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Debunked: German chancellor did not say ‘send them all back’ about Syrians living in Germany

2 Apr

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Debunked: Tony Holohan says health claims falsely attributed to him could cause ‘genuine harm’

30 Mar

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Debunked: Photo of woman buried in the ground does not show her about to be stoned to death in Iran

26 Mar

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Debunked: Keir Starmer did not suggest the UK should go into lockdown over meningitis cases

26 Mar

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Debunked: A Kneecap gig in Havana did not cause an energy blackout and deaths in Cuba

24 Mar

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Debunked: Facebook page sharing multiple AI-generated images of Daniel O'Donnell

23 Mar

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Debunked: A video of an explosion in 'Tel Aviv' is actually from a 2016 warehouse fire in the US

23 Mar

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FactCheck: Anti-abortion campaigners say Holly Cairns' comments in the Dáil misled. Who is right?

22 Mar

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Debunked: Fake Keir Starmer post threatens to kick US from military bases

20 Mar

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Debunked: A graph about bisexual women shared with false claims it is about transgender kids

10 Mar

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Debunked: Video of US military coffins taken off plane is from 2011, not the ongoing war with Iran

6 Mar

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Debunked: Fake footage used to push agendas as the US and Israel go to war with Iran

5 Mar

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Fake images suggesting Cadbury's is selling 'Eid Eggs' in supermarkets are being shared online

26 Feb

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Debunked: Fake images of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor shared online following his arrest

25 Feb

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Debunked: A US politician did not say unredacted Epstein files show the existence of Israeli superweapons

20 Feb

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Debunked: There is no new EU policy to allow ‘1%’ of India to move to Ireland

19 Feb

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Debunked: Images apparently showing Jeffrey Epstein alive in Israel are fake

13 Feb

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Debunked: Tony Hawk did not get married on Jeffrey Epstein's private island

11 Feb

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