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Debunked: Ireland has not given ‘billions of euros’ to Zelenskyy
9 hrs ago
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30th November 2025 - 6th December 2025
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Debunked: HIV diagnoses in Ireland have not risen by 75 per cent this year
5 Dec
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Debunked: No, Enoch Burke has not been sentenced to 'life' in prison
5 Dec
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Debunked: Claims ‘15-minute cities’ are a totalitarian scheme resurface after Hong Kong fire
2 Dec
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Debunked: False figures used on map showing the population of Muslims in regions of the world
2 Dec
Last month
November 2025
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Debunked: The UK's Supreme Court has not banned Christianity from Northern Irish schools
28 Nov
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Debunked: Enoch Burke was jailed again, but not for 'refusing to endorse transgender ideology'
27 Nov
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Debunked: A lawyer was jailed for embezzlement, not for speaking the truth as an 'Archbishop' said
25 Nov
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Debunked: No, Ukrainians do not make up 10% of the population of Co Kerry
24 Nov
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Debunked: Increases in road deaths aren’t because cars are shrinking — they’re getting bigger
21 Nov
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Debunked: Fake video of children learning Islamic prayer in school shared millions of times
14 Nov
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Debunked: There are no longer more than 100,000 Ukrainians in Ireland
13 Nov
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Debunked: A real explosion in Kerry was followed by fake footage that claimed to show it happening
13 Nov
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FactCheck: Does Ireland produce less energy from wind now than it did 20 years ago?
10 Nov
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Dead pigs have long been used to intimidate Muslims - and now it's surfaced in Ireland
5 Nov
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After fire at asylum centre in Drogheda, online fringe groups seek to rewrite what happened
4 Nov
October
October 2025
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Debunked: There have been no reports to Gardaí of an escaped lion in Meath
31 Oct
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Debunked: Social media posts exaggerate votes spoiled in presidential election
31 Oct
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Debunked: Advanced deepfake scam ad featuring Simon Harris viewed more than 184,000 times
30 Oct
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Debunked: Roderic O’Gorman did not tweet in eight languages inviting asylum seekers to Ireland
29 Oct
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As ballots are counted, misleading claims that the election was ‘rigged’ spread online
25 Oct
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Why the man accused of sexually assaulting a young girl near Citywest can't be named
25 Oct
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Convincing AI-generated videos and images are flooding social media ahead of the election
22 Oct
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Debunked: Presidential candidates did not campaign to remove ‘women’ from the constitution
21 Oct
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Debunked: False stat about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome used to bolster anti-vaccine claims
16 Oct
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Debunked: Chart uses false information to compare benefits given to Ukrainian and Irish families
13 Oct
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Debunked: An animated Jurassic Park show on Netflix does not depict ‘gay sex’
9 Oct
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Debunked: Video decrying NGOs wrongly names organisations it says are receiving State money
8 Oct
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Debunked: The UN Agenda 2030 goals do not mention a ‘one world government’ or ‘depopulation’
2 Oct
September
September 2025
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Debunked: No proof for viral video's claims of a ‘crackdown’ on independent media in Ireland
30 Sep
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Debunked: Candidates who want to run for President of Ireland do not need government backing
25 Sep
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Debunked: Despite White House claims, paracetamol has not been shown to cause autism
23 Sep
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Debunked: A viral chart comparing the finances of Irish and migrant apprentices is false
23 Sep
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Explainer: What does a deleted US government report say about the politics of domestic terrorists?
18 Sep
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Debunked: The government is not giving migrants €60,000 to start new businesses
16 Sep
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Debunked: Images of destroyed Banksy mural in London edited to show English flags
12 Sep
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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
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Debunked: Elon Musk wrongly claims Simon Harris blocked 'the will of the people' in Áras race
11 Sep
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Debunked: No evidence a viral video of men walking with a child in Dublin shows a kidnapping
10 Sep
August
August 2025
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Debunked: Irish Presidents cannot call referendums, despite Conor McGregor’s pledges
29 Aug
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