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# debunked

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FactCheck: Claim made in full-page Irish Times ad about Covid-19 deaths is false
15 Oct 2020
206k
FactCheck: Many of the claims made about Covid-19 in a leaflet sent to Dublin households are false or misleading
2 Oct 2020
87.3k
90
FactFind: Are Fine Gael's claims about Sinn Féin in a video published on social media accurate?
30 Sep 2020
55.9k
91
Debunked: No, this photo does not show a skip filled with food waste from Dublin restaurants which were forced to close
29 Sep 2020
4.4k
2
Debunked: No, Smyths Toys is not closing its doors and going 'online only' in the run up to Christmas
23 Sep 2020
40.9k
28
Debunked: No, the Covid-19 swab test cannot enter the brain and cause damage
18 Sep 2020
27.1k
36
Debunked: No, Paul Murphy isn't recruiting and training actors to attend protests
17 Sep 2020
30.7k
43
Debunked: No, countries were not exporting Covid-19 test kits in 2017
11 Sep 2020
17.4k
12
Debunked: The claims in this Facebook video about suicide figures and number of Covid deaths in Ireland are inaccurate
8 Sep 2020
10.8k
14
FactCheck: Is this widespread claim about the recent number of deaths by suicide in Ireland true?
4 Sep 2020
139k
60
FactCheck: No, Eamon Ryan did not fall asleep in the Dáil chamber again
3 Sep 2020
82.1k
60
Debunked: No, council staff have not been banned from entering a flats complex in Dublin because of Covid
3 Sep 2020
34.1k
7
FactCheck: No, Leo Varadkar did not say he supports forced vaccination against Covid-19
1 Sep 2020
1.9k
0
FactCheck: Does this photo show a protest against Covid-19 restrictions in South Korea?
1 Sep 2020
755
0
Debunked: Three false claims about Minister for Children Roderic O'Gorman
28 Aug 2020
4.8k
0
Debunked: It's false to claim Irish and Italian death tolls are 'miscalculated' and 'inflated' by up to 90%
28 Aug 2020
2.6k
0
Debunked: No, children won't be banned from attending school if they don't get the flu vaccine
28 Aug 2020
16.2k
21
Debunked: No, 'Covid-19 sensors' have not been 'inserted secretly into every phone'
28 Aug 2020
542
0
Debunked: No, parents will not receive a consent form to let schools make medical decisions for children
28 Aug 2020
14.2k
14
FactCheck: No, Clones' High Cross is not being moved 'because of Muslims'
27 Aug 2020
1.9k
0
Debunked: No, wearing a face mask does not 'disrupt pH levels' and increase cancer risk
23 Aug 2020
38.5k
136
Groupthink, fatigue and divilment: Why do people share fake news?
16 Aug 2020
20.0k
63
Debunk: No, the first UK volunteer in a Covid-19 vaccine trial has not died
14 Aug 2020
29.1k
30
Debunked: No, you will not receive a €1,000 reward from Gardaí for reporting house parties
11 Aug 2020
38.5k
26
Debunked: No, you cannot catch Legionnaires' disease or pleurisy from wearing a face covering
8 Aug 2020
37.6k
78
Debunked: No, Eamon Ryan did not call Peter Tatchell a 'green legend and tireless LGBT campaigner'
5 Aug 2020
18.7k
14
Factcheck: Are dognappers marking targets with stickers on ESB pillars?
4 Aug 2020
62.6k
37
Debunked: The conspiracy theories around the so-called Hollywood drug adrenochrome
29 Jul 2020
608k
FactCheck: Will children be taught how to masturbate as part of their education from September?
26 Jul 2020
129k
94
Debunked: No, the HSE has not banned a Covid-19 treatment in order to later 'push' a vaccine
24 Jul 2020
20.8k
32
FactCheck: Have 'only 8 people' under 65 died from Covid-19 in Ireland?
24 Jul 2020
111k
93
FactCheck: Can a common cold cause a positive Covid-19 test?
24 Jul 2020
483k
26
FactCheck: No, this photo does not show Obama visiting a Wuhan lab in 2015 to give millions to a 'bat project'
24 Jul 2020
29.5k
34
FactCheck: Did a Belfast bank post a notice describing balaclavas as 'unsuitable' face coverings?
21 Jul 2020
41.1k
27
Debunked: No, pressing ‘cancel’ twice on an ATM won’t prevent your PIN from being stolen
17 Jul 2020
29.8k
20
FactCheck: No, Croke Park will not be used for animal slaughter during Eid Al Adha
15 Jul 2020
27.0k
74
The Explainer: How Covid-19 brought misinformation to Ireland
8 Jul 2020
8.0k
15
WATCH: How Covid-19 brought misinformation to Ireland
6 Jul 2020
12.9k
9
FactFind: Here is how Covid-19 deaths are counted in Ireland
Updated 3 Jul 2020
93.8k
101
Join the Zoom discussion: How Covid-19 brought misinformation to Ireland
2 Jul 2020
34.2k
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