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FactCheck: The final debate of the campaign, with claims on housing, inflation and manifestos

Stephen McDermott

27 Nov 2024

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FactCheck: Image of Simon Harris poster saying 'more waste, it wasn't me' has been doctored

26 Nov 2024

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Debunked: An Post says posts offering to sell undeliverable 'lost parcels' is a scam

25 Nov 2024

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FactCheck: Does Fine Gael’s manifesto pledge an additional half a billion Euro to landlords?

22 Nov 2024

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Debunked: An image said to show 'unvetted men in Rosslare' was taken in England

21 Nov 2024

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FactCheck: How many children were waiting more than four months for scoliosis surgery in 2020?

As Minister for Health, Simon Harris promised that the number would be zero by the end of 2017.

20 Nov 2024

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Explainer: Fine Gael is promising a €1,000 savings account for newborns, will it work?

20 Nov 2024

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Debunked: Man filmed waving Palestinian flag was a Peaky Blinders fan, not actor Cillian Murphy

20 Nov 2024

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Debunked: Years-old headline used to suggest Taoiseach wants to bar unvaccinated kids from school

Updated 19 Nov 2024

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FactCheck: RTÉ leaders' debate, from housing and transport to The National Children's Hospital

Countless claims over two hours plus, but who was accurate?

19 Nov 2024

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FactCheck: Has the carbon tax led to a reduction in Ireland's emissions?

Mary Lou McDonald said this week that the tax has NOT led to a reduction.

Stephen McDermott

17 Nov 2024

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FactFind: What professions are over-represented (and under-represented) in the Dáil?

Teachers are overrepresented – but so are farmers lawyers, landlords and, unsurprisingly, career politicians.

Shane Raymond

17 Nov 2024

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Debunked: Weather manipulation claims are taking hold in Ireland despite no evidence support them

15 Nov 2024

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FactCheck: Where have Fine Gael (and Simon Harris) stood on drug decriminalisation in the past?

Harris’ apparent current position contrasts with that of a cross-party Oireachtas committee on drug use.

David MacRedmond

Updated 14 Nov 2024

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'The Great Replacement': How a racist conspiracy theory is showing up in election materials

13 Nov 2024

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FactCheck: Four claims from last night's General Election housing debate

12 Nov 2024

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FactCheck: An image of a rough sleeper beside a Fine Gael election poster has been doctored

12 Nov 2024

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FactCheck: Has work begun on nearly 60,000 new homes in the last 12 months?

10 Nov 2024

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Debunked: Image of a goaty statue in the Vatican is AI-generated, not proof of devil worship

7 Nov 2024

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Floods in Valencia prompt conspiracy theories on weather weapons, Israel, migrants, and Netflix

6 Nov 2024

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How Roderic O'Gorman is targeted with homophobic slurs and misinformation about missing children

5 Nov 2024

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What is AI slop and did it lead to a Halloween parade hoax in Dublin?

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Debunked: Photo of Leonardo DiCaprio’s niece on yacht altered to look like Greta Thunberg

1 Nov 2024

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How did hundreds of people end up at a Halloween parade in Dublin that never existed?

1 Nov 2024

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Debunked: Most prisoners in Ireland are Irish, not foreign nationals as some claim

31 Oct 2024

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Debunked: Photo of Obama’s visit to Ireland falsely said to show controversial NYC Trump rally

31 Oct 2024

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What does UNRWA do and why is it seen as a lifeline for Palestinians?

30 Oct 2024

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Newsletter: How a campaign against sex education has taken hold across Ireland

27 Oct 2024

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24 Oct 2024

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Debunked: Israeli forces did not destroy a base used by Irish peacekeepers in southern Lebanon

24 Oct 2024

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Debunked: Claims about Enoch Burke shared in multiple languages as 'misinformation chain mail'

22 Oct 2024

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How a 'missing person' scam is luring Irish social media users using old photos of real children

A photo of an American child who was attacked by dogs was claimed to show a child found in Ireland.

Shane Raymond

20 Oct 2024

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Debunked: No, 800 Ukrainian refugees have not applied for asylum in Ireland since August

18 Oct 2024

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FactCheck: The Occupied Territories Bill will not ban all trade between Israel and Ireland

18 Oct 2024

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'A vision of hell': What we know about Israel's strike that sparked fire and burned people alive

The Gaza health ministry said it was the seventh time this year that Israel has attacked the hospital.

16 Oct 2024

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FactCheck: Oat milk is set to be brought under VAT laws - but it isn't about to get more expensive

16 Oct 2024

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Brian Stanley: How the Sinn Féin TD's resignation and the ensuing controversy have unfolded so far

15 Oct 2024

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'They control weather': Trump supporters have been brewing up a storm of hurricane misinformation

The topic has become a big political issue as US voters get set to go to the polls.

13 Oct 2024

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Debunked: Irish peacekeepers working for UNIFIL were not fired on by Israeli forces in Lebanon

11 Oct 2024

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Debunked: Anti-migrant groups share hoax images of Sinn Féin TDs and 'refugees welcome' slogans

10 Oct 2024

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