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# factcheck

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Opinion: How conspiracy communities are using predictable tactics to spread falsehoods about RSV
Aoife Gallagher and Clara Martiny
11 Dec 2022
18.9k
Debunked: Conspiracy theory 'documentary' repeats long-disproven claims about Covid vaccines
8 Dec 2022
6.1k
Fermoy latest town to be visited by anti-immigration campaigners and misinformation
3 Dec 2022
46.4k
52
Debunked: Asylum seekers, not economic migrants, are being housed at the East Wall building
2 Dec 2022
7.7k
Debunked: There isn't a secret UN army in Louth; the refugees in Carlingford are from Ukraine
30 Nov 2022
6.5k
Debunk: Turf is not an ‘agricultural crop’; burning it is polluting and unhealthy
29 Nov 2022
21.2k
FactCheck: Do emissions from making electric cars mean they are not ‘green’?
24 Nov 2022
23.3k
FactCheck: Is the State the ‘biggest player in housing’?
22 Nov 2022
12.8k
FactCheck: Iranian protesters have been arrested & killed, but 15,000 aren't sentenced to death
16 Nov 2022
10.4k
Debunk: No, it isn’t true that vaccines have little effect on COVID-19 transmission
14 Nov 2022
7.4k
Debunk: No, these maps don't show large areas of Irish cities that 'could be underwater’ by 2050
11 Nov 2022
40.0k
Debunked: Five common climate myths and why they're wrong
6 Nov 2022
26.9k
Debunked: No, the NI Protocol has not impacted on heart surgeries in Northern Ireland
2 Nov 2022
15.6k
FactFind: How much does it cost the State to train a doctor in Ireland?
22 Oct 2022
30.9k
Debunked: Article saying Sinn Féin should apologise for the 1916 Rising was doctored
18 Oct 2022
13.2k
Debunked: World Economic Forum did not say Covid lockdowns were test for ‘social-credit scheme’
5 Oct 2022
7.1k
Debunked: No, excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is not down to natural causes
29 Sep 2022
3.9k
FactCheck: Is the renters' €500 tax credit just worth seven days' rent in Dublin?
28 Sep 2022
15.7k
Debunked: Protesters outside Russian embassy in Dublin were not chanting Nazi slogans
22 Sep 2022
5.4k
Debunked: No, 35km queues of traffic have not formed at the Russia-Finland border
21 Sep 2022
37.4k
Debunked: Climate change is real - it is not a 'hoax' or a 'scam' designed to control people
19 Sep 2022
3.2k
FactFind: How many current TDs own houses that they rent out?
17 Sep 2022
43.4k
Debunked: Tony Cascarino did not throw his takeaway in the bin and other fake queen claims
9 Sep 2022
39.4k
Debunked: Teacher wasn't jailed over pronouns, but for breaking a court order by going to school
8 Sep 2022
11.2k
Debunked: A quote by Yuval Noah Harari that technology will 'replace people' is missing context
2 Sep 2022
9.2k
FactCheck: Sign up to The Journal's monthly newsletter about misinformation trends
30 Aug 2022
7.4k
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Debunked: Figures on Covid-19 deaths and underlying conditions have been taken out of context
28 Aug 2022
23.2k
Debunked: Yes, cows are a 'problem' when it comes to cutting greenhouse gas emissions
19 Aug 2022
45.1k
13
Debunked: It is misleading to claim that 30-degree heat is 'normal' during an Irish summer
13 Aug 2022
28.1k
Debunked: A claim that the UN accused Ukrainian forces of using 'human shields' is missing context
12 Aug 2022
11.7k
Debunked: No, The Journal didn't report a man's death from monkeypox after his 'parachute failed'
9 Aug 2022
2.4k
Debunked: No, The Journal did not report that monkeypox lives on toilets for 120 years
9 Aug 2022
1.2k
Debunked: Is it potentially dangerous to give dogs ice during high temperatures?
28 Jul 2022
3.8k
FactFind: Are Irish farmers the 'most carbon-efficient food producers in the world'?
24 Jul 2022
32.4k
32
FactFind: Is Navan the largest town in the country without a rail line?
23 Jul 2022
33.4k
FactFind: How have other countries regulated Airbnb and what happened when they did?
20 Jul 2022
22.2k
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Debunked: A drone image of lightning striking the Poolbeg towers has been digitally altered
20 Jul 2022
60.0k
FactCheck: Is the protocol stopping Jewish people in the North from practising their religion?
17 Jul 2022
21.2k
Debunked: TikTok videos touting unproven and potentially dangerous 'herbal abortion' methods
11 Jul 2022
14.9k
FactCheck: Are there 16 vacant homes for every homeless person in Ireland?
2 Jul 2022
32.1k
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