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August
August 2025
FactFind: What is the Disability Green Paper haunting Heather Humphreys’ presidential run?
Debunked: Asylum seekers are not exempt from income tax for a year after they are allowed to work
Debunked: Viral video of Trump berating the Irish government over immigration is fabricated
Debunked: Irish influencer’s video peddles baseless claims about immigration and crime in Sweden
Debunked: No, the Premier League has not banned players from wearing rainbow-coloured bootlaces
Debunked: No, the Premier League has not banned players from wearing rainbow-coloured bootlaces
Debunked: Fox News claims about an Irish crime wave are based on discredited claims and bad stats
Debunked: Old video of a Belgian mosque claims to show “what they’re teaching kids now in school”
July
July 2025
Debunked: How misinformation spread within minutes of a garda being stabbed on Capel Street
Debunked: No evidence of conspiracy theorists' claim about Bill Gates microchipping babies
Debunked: A new sculpture in Drogheda does not signal an Islamic takeover of Ireland
Debunked: False accusations against victim of Tallaght attack viewed more than a million times
Debunked: Proposed building plans in Tallaght suburb are not for an IPAS centre
Debunked: Amid reports of a cryptic Trump-Epstein letter, misinformation muddies the waters
Debunked: Meme image of Hillary Clinton calling Conor McGregor ‘future president’ is a spoof
FactFind: What do we know about Catherine Connolly's visit to Syria in 2018?
Connolly says she did not “utter one word of support for Assad.”
Debunked: Deepfakes of Brendan Gleeson, Luke O’Neill, and Sharon Tobin appear in hoax medicine ads
The AI-generated celebs tout a miracle cure which they claim has been banned in Ireland.
Debunked: The most popular baby name for boys in Galway is.. not Muhammad
Irish anti-immigrant groups finding 'common ground' with NI loyalists and UK neo-Nazi networks
Debunked: Fatal floods in Texas spark false claims of weather manipulation amid political blame
June
June 2025
Debunked: Viral video of a meat pile does not show the results of shoplifting in Ireland
FactCheck: How does Ireland’s new system for organ donation work?
Parts of The Human Tissue Act are coming into effect today.
Debunked: A study into music's effect on cells doesn't show Beethoven's 5th can 'fight cancer'
Debunked: No, the majority of Irish people are not 'dissatisfied' with the EU’s direction
FactCheck: False claims about toxins, Vitamin D and ‘cooked’ skin in viral claims about suncream
Debunked: Video of Dublin used in false claim about ‘massacre’ on day of Carlow shooting
May
May 2025
Community Notes vanishes from X feeds, raising 'serious questions' amid ongoing EU probe
Debunked: How misinformation swirled about the Liverpool car ramming despite police efforts
Debunked: Unscientific study shared to claim Dublin is among ‘most dangerous cities in Europe’
Debunked: No evidence of attempted child abduction in Cahir, Co Tipperary
Debunked: There is no evidence that Pope Leo XIV ever said being ‘woke’ was part of the Gospel
Debunked: Despite online rumours, no evidence of ‘attempted child abduction’ in Enniscorthy
An old Trump video, re-used Gaza footage, and other fake news from the India-Pakistan conflict
Debunked: Gardaí say warning over Asian men approaching children in Sligo was 'fake news'
Debunked: Deepfake video appears to show Canadian Prime Minister announcing ban on old cars
Debunked: A government scheme did not spend €200,000 per car to help isolated Ukrainians
April
April 2025
FactCheck: Did the New York Times say in 1854 the US was being 'overwhelmed' by Irish immigrants?
Debunked: There is nothing ‘strange’ about not naming unconvicted rape suspects. It’s the law
Debunked: No, the electricity blackouts in Spain and Portugal were not caused by a solar flare
Debunked: Video of church attack was filmed in Nebraska a decade ago, not present-day Europe