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Last week
26th April 2026 - 2nd May 2026
Debunked: Video of abandoned 'Irish' woman in London contains no evidence she is Irish
A bizarre 'time travel' theory is among the conspiracies spreading about the DC shooter
Last month
April 2026
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?
Debunked: Fringe commentator from US spreads false rumour of stabbing at Connolly Station
Factfind: Are Ireland’s fuel relief packages the largest per capita in the EU?
Debunked: The PSNI was not involved with breaking up fuel protests in Cork, Galway or Dublin
Debunked: Micheál Martin was not attending his daughter’s wedding while protesters faced off with Gardaí
Old footage and incorrect hot takes fuelling misinformation around protests
'They’re going to shut everything': Why anonymous voice notes spread during big, uncertain events
Debunked: Posts objecting to a proposed ‘Mega Mosque’ in Letterkenny mislead about actual plans
FactCheck: What does a price map tell us about energy costs in Ireland compared to Europe?
Debunked: German chancellor did not say ‘send them all back’ about Syrians living in Germany
March
March 2026
Debunked: Tony Holohan says health claims falsely attributed to him could cause ‘genuine harm’
Debunked: Photo of woman buried in the ground does show not her about to be stoned to death in Iran
Debunked: Keir Starmer did not suggest the UK should go into lockdown over meningitis cases
Debunked: A Kneecap gig in Havana did not cause an energy blackout and deaths in Cuba
Factcheck: Anti-abortion campaigners say Holly Cairns' comments in the Dáil misled. Who is right?
Debunked: Fake Keir Starmer post threatens to kick US from military bases
Debunked: A graph about bisexual women shared with false claims it is about transgender kids
Debunked: Video of US military coffins taken off plane is from 2011, not the ongoing war with Iran
Debunked: Fake footage used to push agendas as the US and Israel go to war with Iran
What do we know, and not know, about a devastating school bombing in Iran?
This year
2026
Debunked: A US politician did not say unredacted Epstein files show the existence of Israeli superweapons
Debunked: There is no new EU policy to allow ‘1%’ of India to move to Ireland
FactCheck: Does a viral map show the second-most spoken language in each Irish county?
Debunked: No, the EU didn’t fine X €45 million for making users ‘think Donald Duck was a real person'
Debunked: Anti-immigration campaigner posts AI image of men in boat during Dublin flooding
Debunked: The World Health Organisation doesn’t have a ‘council on eugenics’
Debunked: A 1989 book did not predict conspiracies involving Covid and 5G
Debunked: No basis to claims Jamie Oliver won a court case by proving McDonald’s food is toxic
Debunked: No evidence that Christine Lagarde plans to outlaw cash transactions of more than €1,000
Debunked: Video of Italian Prime Minister does not show her condemning the EU migration pact
Debunked: False claims spread online that Greenland would bypass Denmark in talks with US
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.
Debunked: AI-generated pictures depict male TD in women’s clothes
Debunked: Fake images of Sinn Féin members at a demonstration are AI-generated
Debunked: Conspiracy theory newspaper re-shared as ‘proof’ for false claims about Bill Gates
Debunked: Old and fake footage claimed to show the US seizing Maduro and the raid's aftermath
Last year
2025
‘We’re going to have an Irish Trump,’ claims former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon
Debunked: No, President Catherine Connolly was not kicked off the social media platform X