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FactCheck

This week
27th April 2025 - 2nd May 2025
FactCheck: Did the New York Times say in 1854 the US was being 'overwhelmed' by Irish immigrants?
FactCheck: Are there really more teachers in Ireland than ever before?
Debunked: There is nothing ‘strange’ about not naming unconvicted rape suspects. It’s the law
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Debunked: No, the electricity blackouts in Spain and Portugal were not caused by a solar flare
Last week
20th April 2025 - 26th April 2025
Debunked: Video of church attack was filmed in Nebraska a decade ago, not present-day Europe
Debunked: Conor McGregor's false claims about roads policing, immigrants and Irish 'genocide'
Last month
April 2025
FactCheck: Studies of millions of children show there is no connection between autism and vaccines
Debunked: Video of Army exercise in Kildare did not show someone arrested for planting a bomb
Debunked: A grant doesn't show 'Phone shops, Turkish barbers & vape shops' are funded by taxes
Debunked: A new conspiracy theory claims 14 countries signed a treaty to ban natural conception
Debunked: Fake BBC video claims Olena Zelenska 'failed' in attempt to flee husband Volodymyr
Debunked: Viral image contains false claim that UK's Southport killer was an 'Islamic migrant'
Debunked: A video showing a man assaulting a woman is from the US, not Ireland
Debunked: An article claiming LGBTQ+ people have 'lower IQ than average' is fake
FactCheck: Does the EU impose a 39% tariff on US goods as Donald Trump's massive chart claimed?
Debunked: Brennans didn't recently apply for Halal certification (but Muslims can eat it anyway)
How does someone become a candidate for the Irish presidency?
March
March 2025
FactCheck: Is the Irish government paying for Ukrainians to repair their cars?
Debunked: A UK local newspaper headline about Ukrainian soldiers 'dying in vain' is fake
Debunked: No, Donald Trump did not announce that he wants to annex Alaska
FactCheck: Will the MetroLink cost more than €23 billion?
'Dangerous Dublin': How two viral headlines were behind Conor McGregor's White House comments
An image of two Irish news articles has gone global among anti-immigrant groups.
Debunked: Data contradicts McGregor’s White House claim that Irish are a minority in some towns
‘Disinformation will be back’ warns expert as Meta rolls out Community Notes
Debunked: Fake headline claims Trump granted the Burke family asylum over religious persecution
Debunked: Project Ireland 2040 isn't a plan 'to flood the country with nearly 2m extra people’
Debunked: No, RTÉ is not replacing the Angelus with a Muslim call to prayer
Debunked: Enoch Burke payment claim that was shared by Musk is filled with misinformation
Debunked: Deepfake video showing Michael O'Leary promoting financial software was made with AI
Debunked: A video showing the Ukrainian flag flying from the Statue of Liberty is fake
Does the UN Security Council have final say when it comes to sending Irish troops abroad?
Debunked: Irish Facebook groups inundated with housing scams
Debunked: Video of attack on jogger ‘in Ireland’ was actually recorded more than 9,000km away
Debunked: No evidence Bill Gates funded project to make bird flu transmissible to humans
February
February 2025
Debunked: USAID does not fund the BBC, as some public figures in the United States have claimed
Debunked: Image of Pope Francis with respirator mask was made with generative AI
Debunked: Videos showing ballots being shredded after German election were fake
Debunked: Did Elon Musk abandon his son at a Donald Trump rally? No
Debunked: Years-old video used to falsely claim Ireland is establishing a ‘National Hijab Day’