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FactCheck: Were refugees and asylum seekers segregated by race in a Dublin processing centre?
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Are we winning the fight against misinformation?
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FactCheck: A claim that Covid -19 vaccines don’t stop transmission of the virus is misleading
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Debunked: No, this poster claiming the HSE will void your vaccine passport without boosters is not real
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