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Misinformation

FactCheck

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

14 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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Cavan gardaí hit out at ‘fake news’ in relation to alleged suspicious approach towards a child

2 Jul

8.9k

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Debunked: No evidence an Iranian soccer Player Cup was deported by US immigration

25 Jun

fake photo

Photo showing gardaí with drones earmarked for Donegal Rally is 'AI-altered'

16 Jun

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'Civil war is coming': Belfast protests were planned and inflamed online before turning violent

Shane Raymond

10 Jun

31.7k

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What we know so far about the stabbing in Belfast

9 Jun

28.2k

Analysis

The have-nots and the have-yachts: Distrust is supercharged in an unequal society

Steve Dempsey

6 Jun

10.4k

FactCheck

Debunked: Videos of a party do not show social housing ‘purposely built for African migrants’

5 Jun

9.6k

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

14 May

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Misinformation is leading to abuse and harassment of staff and volunteers in NGOs

12 May

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'Covid 2.0': Pandemic-era conspiracies return after the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship

Did the Covid vaccine cause hantavirus? No. But that hasn’t stopped people saying so.

Shane Raymond

8 May

12.7k

FactCheck

Debunked: No, nine out of ten Ukrainians in Ireland are not unemployed

5 May

12.3k

Far-right

How Ireland's far-right movement got involved in the fuel protests and tried to hijack them

While many are protesting fuel costs, far-right actors and international figures are using the movement to push anti-immigrant narratives.

Stephen McDermott

11 Apr

68.2k

FactCheck

Debunked: Old and fake footage claimed to show the US seizing Maduro and the raid's aftermath

6 Jan

9.1k

H-1B visa

International fact-check group 'deeply concerned' over reports of US visa curbs on fact-checkers

10 Dec 2025

5.9k

x marks the spot

X now shows where individual users are posting from: What does it tell us about Irish accounts?

26 Nov 2025

11.9k

Conor McGregor

Over half of McGregor's presidential campaign posts on X filled with false claims and threats

15 Sep 2025

37.8k

FactCheck

Charlie Kirk: JFK-type conspiracies and false reports of culprit spread in aftermath of shooting

The conservative activist’s death has been surrounded by misinformation and baseless speculation.

11 Sep 2025

29.6k

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Debunked: No coup d'etat has taken place in the Ivory Coast

6 Jun 2025

408

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Debunked: Covid-19 vaccines are not 'bioweapons' that 'destroy the immune system'

29 May 2025

1.8k

Far right intimidation

Gardaí have found foreign actors using social media to 'amplify' far-right content in Ireland

Garda Deputy Commissioner Shawna Coxon was speaking this week at a conference on Policing of Far Right Intimidation in the Republic of Ireland.

Niall O'Connor

21 May 2025

10.8k

Freedom of Expression

Role of influencers to be considered under EU's 'democracy shield' plans

19 May 2025

8.7k

kevin flatley

Gardaí hit out at 'completely inaccurate' misinformation shared online about death of Garda Kevin Flatley

14 May 2025

54.8k

migrant healthcare

Notion that refugees get 'special treatment' in healthcare is wrong, specialist says

Mairead Maguire

11 May 2025

14.9k

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29 Apr 2025

7.3k

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'Dangerous Dublin': How two viral headlines were behind Conor McGregor's White House comments

An image of two Irish news articles has gone global among anti-immigrant groups.

Stephen McDermott

22 Mar 2025

41.3k

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‘Disinformation will be back’ warns expert as Meta rolls out Community Notes

16 Mar 2025

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The Morning Lead

Law empowering state to tackle election disinformation on ice, as Brussels and tech firms object

Tech firms complained to the European Commission, which is also not happy with the Irish law.

The government said it would enact the law before last June's local elections - but now it has to amend it.

Misinformation about election interference spread online during last year's local and general elections.

17 Feb 2025

9.8k

online misinformation

Self-diagnosis: TikTok has convinced me I have ADHD — why are we so willing to be influenced?

Niamh O'Reilly

15 Feb 2025

10.2k

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How far-right agitators exploited an information vacuum after the Stoneybatter attack

10 Feb 2025

29.1k

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Debunked: Doctors and nurses who gave the Covid-19 vaccines are not being tried for war crimes

4 Feb 2025

2.1k

Opinion

The truth about Meta’s broadside against fact-checkers

Susan Daly

10 Jan 2025

6.4k

Misinformation

Meta says it is killing off its third-party fact-checking programme 'starting in the US'

7 Jan 2025

10.7k

volunteers

‘I’ve worked in conflict zones..but I’ve never felt as unsafe as I did during the summer in Ireland’

Volunteers who spoke to The Journal said their work is getting harder due to increased levels of harassment.

25 Dec 2024

39.2k

Misinformation

Mourners gather in Magdeburg as German far-right AfD party holds 'memorial' event

23 Dec 2024

6.6k

Social Media

TikTok approved 'obvious' election-related disinformation ads, including in Irish language

27 Nov 2024

4.4k

Far-right

Irish conspiracy theories about vote-rigging during June elections peaked around polling day

26 Nov 2024

6.1k

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How Roderic O'Gorman is targeted with homophobic slurs and misinformation about missing children

5 Nov 2024

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