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Last week
4th October 2026 - 10th October 2026
On The JournalSatire
Debunked: Video of Nigerian woman gloating about eating a meal 'paid for by taxpayers' is satire
On The JournalBarbara O'Neill
Irish experts warn about sanctioned Australian ‘health guru’ hosting talks in Donegal and Meath
On The JournalBudget 2027
FactCheck: Three claims from opposition TDs who criticised this year's budget
On The JournalTURF'S UP
Debunked: Despite claims online, burning turf has a significant carbon footprint
Last month
September 2026
On The JournalGarvaghy Road
AI images and misinformation shared widely online during Garvaghy Road stand-off
On The JournalPeople's Party
Debunked: Posts celebrating Danish party's result in 'tonight's election' are six months late
On The JournalGarden of Remembrance
Debunked: Gardaí discovered an Airsoft gun, but didn't arrest ‘migrant men’ with firearms in Dublin
On The JournalGeorge Soros
Social media posts repeat debunked and baseless accusations against George Soros
On The JournalSexual Offences
Debunked: The media publishes news about sexual assaults, reporting is not banned by ‘new laws’
On The Journalcrypto scam
Debunked: Videos of Zuckerberg saying humanity's water is almost depleted are deepfake scams
On The Journaljeffrey epstein
Debunked: Pictures of Ursula von der Leyen with Jeffrey Epstein are AI-generated
On The JournalAirsoft
Debunked: Video said to show a firearms sale by a Dublin mosque doesn’t show firearms or a mosque
On The JournalNepal
Debunked: Fake videos of the Nepal floods viewed on social media tens of millions of times
August
August 2026
On The JournalEnoch Burke
Debunked: Viral posts misstate the date, cause and even the country of the Enoch Burke saga
On The Journalceuta
Debunked: The UK has not agreed to accommodate '4,000 Moroccans' who illegally entered Ceuta
On The JournalUrban Legend
Debunked: Story of a Cork woman being knocked out after smelling perfume is an urban legend
On The Journalelection misinformation
Meta, TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn didn't act on 77% of misinformation reported during Áras race
On The Journalceuta
Debunked: Weeks-old videos falsely said to show ‘second wave’ of migrants entering Ceuta
On The JournalDublin Bus
Debunked: Dublin Bus hired from overseas due to a driver shortage, not DEI programmes
On The JournalCows
Debunked: Cows contribute significantly towards climate change, despite claims in viral video
On The Journal
Debunked: Government adviser Ebun Joseph is being widely misquoted in comments about Irish language
On The JournalTradwives
Debunked: The government’s strategy for women is not a campaign to discourage homemakers
July
July 2026
On The JournalRotunda
Debunked: Video of Gardaí near a Dublin mosque cut to imply they came to arrest a man in a mobility scooter
On The Journal
Debunked: AI pic used to mis-tell story of a man almost sucked out a Ryanair plane window
On The JournalCourts
Lawyer of student charged with possession of explosives says she did not spend time in Syria
On The JournalFactCheck
How statistics can be twisted to push the Great Replacement conspiracy theory
On The JournalFitness to Practise
Debunked: Doctor who promoted unproven Covid drugs isn't on trial for ‘questioning’ authorities
FactCheckDebunked: False ‘whistleblower’ claim says remdesivir and ventilators killed Covid patients
On The Journal
Debunked: Claims of Russian battlefield gains misuse report that finds greater Ukrainian advances
On The JournalFactCheck
Debunked: 'Cheapfake' video shared online makes Leo Varadkar appear to complain about immigrants
FactCheckDebunked: A fake government memo falsely claims Irish leaders visited Epstein's private island
FactCheckDebunked: There are no special tax-free arrangements for Islamic banking or 'halal mortgages'
On The JournalFactCheck
Debunked: A scientific study does not show that sunscreen increases the risk of skin cancer
June
June 2026
