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16th August 2026 - 22nd August 2026

FactCheckceuta

Debunked: Weeks-old videos falsely said to show ‘second wave’ of migrants entering Ceuta

21 Aug

835

FactCheckDublin Bus

Debunked: Dublin Bus hired from overseas due to a driver shortage, not DEI programmes

20 Aug

10.9k

FactCheckCows

Debunked: Cows contribute significantly towards climate change, despite claims in viral video

18 Aug

6.4k

This month

August 2026

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Debunked: Government adviser Ebun Joseph is being widely misquoted in comments about Irish language

14 Aug

15.4k

FactCheckTradwives

Debunked: The government’s strategy for women is not a campaign to discourage homemakers

14 Aug

5.8k

FactCheck

FactCheck: OECD to remove bogus statistic that tourism in Ireland fell by 32%

10 Aug

6.9k

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Debunked: Anthony Fauci did not say that Covid was nothing more than the common flu

7 Aug

7.1k

Last month

July 2026

FactCheckceuta

Be careful of fake news about Ceuta as Spanish enclave faces migrant crisis

31 Jul

22.5k

FactCheckRotunda

Debunked: Video of Gardaí near a Dublin mosque cut to imply they came to arrest a man in a mobility scooter

31 Jul

6.6k

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Debunked: AI pic used to mis-tell story of a man almost sucked out a Ryanair plane window

29 Jul

917

Courts

Lawyer of student charged with possession of explosives says she did not spend time in Syria

27 Jul

29.0k

FactCheck

How statistics can be twisted to push the Great Replacement conspiracy theory

25 Jul

12.4k

FactCheckFitness to Practise

Debunked: Doctor who promoted unproven Covid drugs isn't on trial for ‘questioning’ authorities

24 Jul

1.5k

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Debunked: False ‘whistleblower’ claim says remdesivir and ventilators killed Covid patients

16 Jul

11.4k

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Debunked: Claims of Russian battlefield gains misuse report that finds greater Ukrainian advances

14 Jul

4.7k

FactCheckChat control

What is ‘chat control’, the EU's contentious plan to fight online child abuse?

11 Jul

10.1k

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Debunked: 'Cheapfake' video shared online makes Leo Varadkar appear to complain about immigrants

9 Jul

5.2k

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Debunked: A fake government memo falsely claims Irish leaders visited Epstein's private island

8 Jul

4.2k

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Debunked: There are no special tax-free arrangements for Islamic banking or 'halal mortgages'

3 Jul

4.1k

FactCheck

Debunked: A scientific study does not show that sunscreen increases the risk of skin cancer

2 Jul

6.2k

June

June 2026

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Explainer: How do the new charges on imports from non-EU countries work?

30 Jun

1.6k

FactCheck

Did the government vote to increase the cost of petrol, diesel and other fuels this month?

27 Jun

10.0k

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Debunked: Maps comparing European temperatures in 1976 and 2026 use mislabelled data

26 Jun

10.5k

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Debunked: No evidence an Iranian soccer Player Cup was deported by US immigration

25 Jun

117

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Debunked: Picture of Netanyahu supporting Argentina at the World Cup is AI-generated

25 Jun

5.1k

FactCheck

The head of US intelligence has been pushing misinformation about Ukrainian 'biolabs'. What are they?

20 Jun

10.7k

FactCheck

Debunked: The government didn't engineer a crisis by bringing Georgian asylum seekers to Ireland

17 Jun

325

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Debunked: Images of a heavily wounded man in hospital do not show the Belfast knife attack victim

12 Jun

635

FactCheck

Debunked: A misleading graph of the warmest springs on record actually reveals Ireland is getting hotter

12 Jun

5.1k

FactCheck

Debunked: There is no ‘second suspect’ for the Belfast knife attack

10 Jun

2.9k

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'Civil war is coming': Belfast protests were planned and inflamed online before turning violent

Shane Raymond

10 Jun

31.9k

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FactCheck: What the scientific studies say about the harms of sunbed use

6 Jun

4.5k

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Debunked: Videos of a party do not show social housing ‘purposely built for African migrants’

5 Jun

9.8k

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Debunked: No evidence a woman was drugged with a doused business card in Co Derry

4 Jun

5.5k

May

May 2026

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Debunked: Far-right figures spread untrue claim foreigners were taking over a farmer's land

28 May

14.1k

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FactCheck: Are there stricter limits on genetically modified foods for animals than for humans?

25 May

3.4k

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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.

24 May

30.8k

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Amid outbreaks, an age-old theory is being resurrected online: viruses don’t exist

22 May

11.5k

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Debunked: Posts misrepresent a routine honour given to the Iranian ambassador by the Vatican

15 May

4.0k

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Debunked: There is no government scheme offering free cheese to recipients of a hantavirus vaccine

15 May

4.2k