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26th April 2026 - 2nd May 2026
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Debunked: Video of abandoned 'Irish' woman in London contains no evidence she is Irish
29 Apr
A bizarre 'time travel' theory is among the conspiracies spreading about the DC shooter
27 Apr
Last month
April 2026
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FactFind: Was Leo Varadkar right about urban areas ‘paying the bills’ in Ireland?
The debate caused a stir when Varadkar brought it up last week – but was he right?
Shane Raymond
23 Apr
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Debunked: Fringe commentator from US spreads false rumour of stabbing at Connolly Station
21 Apr
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Factfind: Are Ireland’s fuel relief packages the largest per capita in the EU?
18 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
fuel protests
'They’re going to shut everything': Why anonymous voice notes spread during big, uncertain events
9 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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FactCheck: What does a price map tell us about energy costs in Ireland compared to Europe?
3 Apr
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Debunked: German chancellor did not say ‘send them all back’ about Syrians living in Germany
2 Apr
March
March 2026
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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 show not 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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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
Iran school blast
What do we know, and not know, about a devastating school bombing in Iran?
2 Mar
This year
2026
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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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FactCheck: Does a viral map show the second-most spoken language in each Irish county?
18 Feb
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Debunked: No, the EU didn’t fine X €45 million for making users ‘think Donald Duck was a real person'
30 Jan
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Debunked: Anti-immigration campaigner posts AI image of men in boat during Dublin flooding
29 Jan
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Debunked: The World Health Organisation doesn’t have a ‘council on eugenics’
27 Jan
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Debunked: A 1989 book did not predict conspiracies involving Covid and 5G
27 Jan
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Debunked: No basis to claims Jamie Oliver won a court case by proving McDonald’s food is toxic
26 Jan
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Debunked: No evidence that Christine Lagarde plans to outlaw cash transactions of more than €1,000
23 Jan
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Debunked: Video of Italian Prime Minister does not show her condemning the EU migration pact
22 Jan
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Debunked: False claims spread online that Greenland would bypass Denmark in talks with US
19 Jan
Factfind: Who, if anyone, can be held legally responsible for abuse images on Grok and X?
While the harms of abusive images are clear, the law is far murkier.
17 Jan
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Debunked: AI-generated pictures depict male TD in women’s clothes
16 Jan
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Debunked: Fake images of Sinn Féin members at a demonstration are AI-generated
13 Jan
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Debunked: Conspiracy theory newspaper re-shared as ‘proof’ for false claims about Bill Gates
8 Jan
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Debunked: Old and fake footage claimed to show the US seizing Maduro and the raid's aftermath
6 Jan
Last year
2025
copy right
‘We’re going to have an Irish Trump,’ claims former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon
31 Dec 2025
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Debunked: No, President Catherine Connolly was not kicked off the social media platform X
30 Dec 2025
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