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Last week
31st May 2026 - 6th June 2026
FactCheck: What the scientific studies say about the harms of sunbed use
Debunked: Videos of a party do not show social housing ‘purposely built for African migrants’
Debunked: No evidence a woman was drugged with a doused business card in Co Derry
Last month
May 2026
Debunked: Far-right figures spread untrue claim foreigners were taking over a farmer's land
FactCheck: Are there stricter limits on genetically modified foods for animals than for humans?
The EU is bringing in Digital IDs for citizens – but what are they, and how will it affect you?
The app should allow users to verify their age without giving their date of birth.
Amid outbreaks, an age-old theory is being resurrected online: viruses don’t exist
Debunked: Posts misrepresent a routine honour given to the Iranian ambassador by the Vatican
Debunked: There is no government scheme offering free cheese to recipients of a hantavirus vaccine
Debunked: The WHO has not said hantavirus is 'spreading very fast across the world'
Misinformation is leading to abuse and harassment of staff and volunteers in NGOs
'Covid 2.0': Pandemic-era conspiracies return after the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship
Did the Covid vaccine cause hantavirus? No. But that hasn’t stopped people saying so.
Debunked: Ivermectin is not a proven cure for cancer, despite claims by famous figures in the US
Debunked: No, nine out of ten Ukrainians in Ireland are not unemployed
April
April 2026
Debunked: Video of abandoned 'Irish' woman in London contains no evidence she is Irish
A bizarre 'time travel' theory is among the conspiracies spreading about the DC shooter
FactFind: Was Leo Varadkar right about urban areas ‘paying the bills’ in Ireland?
Varadkar’s comments on rural Ireland caused a stir – but was he right?
Debunked: Fringe commentator from US spreads false rumour of stabbing at Connolly Station
FactFind: Are Ireland’s fuel relief packages the largest per capita in the EU?
Debunked: The PSNI was not involved with breaking up fuel protests in Cork, Galway or Dublin
Debunked: Micheál Martin was not attending his daughter’s wedding while protesters faced off with Gardaí
Old footage and incorrect hot takes fuelling misinformation around protests
'They’re going to shut everything': Why anonymous voice notes spread during big, uncertain events
Debunked: Posts objecting to a proposed ‘Mega Mosque’ in Letterkenny mislead about actual plans
FactCheck: What does a price map tell us about energy costs in Ireland compared to Europe?
Debunked: German chancellor did not say ‘send them all back’ about Syrians living in Germany
March
March 2026
Debunked: Tony Holohan says health claims falsely attributed to him could cause ‘genuine harm’
Debunked: Photo of woman buried in the ground does not show her about to be stoned to death in Iran
Debunked: Keir Starmer did not suggest the UK should go into lockdown over meningitis cases
Debunked: A Kneecap gig in Havana did not cause an energy blackout and deaths in Cuba
FactCheck: Anti-abortion campaigners say Holly Cairns' comments in the Dáil misled. Who is right?
Debunked: Fake Keir Starmer post threatens to kick US from military bases
Debunked: A graph about bisexual women shared with false claims it is about transgender kids
Debunked: Video of US military coffins taken off plane is from 2011, not the ongoing war with Iran
Debunked: Fake footage used to push agendas as the US and Israel go to war with Iran
What do we know, and not know, about a devastating school bombing in Iran?
This year
2026
Debunked: A US politician did not say unredacted Epstein files show the existence of Israeli superweapons
Debunked: There is no new EU policy to allow ‘1%’ of India to move to Ireland
FactCheck: Does a viral map show the second-most spoken language in each Irish county?
Debunked: No, the EU didn’t fine X €45 million for making users ‘think Donald Duck was a real person'