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Debunked: The official US women’s soccer team did not lose 12-0 to a team of Wrexham 'veterans'
FactCheck: Will the EU Nature Restoration Law turn Lapland’s capital into a forest?
Debunked: Screenshot of headline about far-right conspiracy theories being true is fabricated
Debunked: Footage from an attack in the US has been re-shared to blame refugees in Ireland
Debunked: Dialing 55 during an emergency in Ireland won't alert a phone operator to a 'silent' call
Debunked: 'Cloud factory' clip released on 1 April doesn't show that humans control the weather
Rural Independents accused of ‘scaremongering’ during Dáil debate on supposed cattle cull
Debunked: No evidence for claims by anti-immigrant activist of attempted abduction in Kerry
Debunked: Guardian article doesn't say, as fake pic implies, hot June weather proves climate change
FactCheck: Abortion bill still many stages away from passing into law
Debunked: Cycle ride misreported to link it with controversial issues involving trans athletes
FactFind: What is the Pandemic Treaty? And will it erode national sovereignty?
Debunked: Fake Tommy Tiernan interview with Eamon Ryan is part of a cryptocurrency fraud network
Debunked: Confusion over news article helps spread baseless claims about Pandemic Treaty
Factfind: PBP-proposed housing amendment isn't intended to evict people from their homes
Debunked: Video arguing migrants will damage Ireland relies on false claims and statistics
FactFind: What is the relationship between social inequality, drug use and drug-related harms?
Debunked: No, a UN report doesn't call to decriminalise sex 'between adults and children'
Debunked: WEF hasn’t declared ‘water is not a human right’ or ordered governments to ration it
Debunked: Video of attack at shopping centre wasn’t filmed at Liffey Valley, but San Francisco
FactCheck: Is the Govt correct to claim that 400 people are buying their first home every week?
FactFind: Was the 2008 crash caused by building too many houses?
Debunked: Safety sheet used to show an edible coating is risky is actually for a cleaning fluid
'They're preparing us for something': Irish conspiracy groups latch onto UK's public alert test
Debunked: No, Scotland is not reducing motorway speed limits to 30mph due to climate change
FactCheck: Does Ireland collect more corporate tax per person than almost any other EU country?
Debunked: An Irish news headline about 'pregnant men at risk from climate change' is fake
Debunked: Claims of Dungarvan attacks by foreign nationals are baseless, according to Gardaí
Debunked: No, vaccinated people are not more likely to have heart problems from being jabbed
Debunked: Video of fatal explosion used to falsely claim that electric cars are dangerous
Debunked: Video of bus driver collapsing predates Covid-19 and doesn't show vaccine effects
Debunked: Recent studies indicate masks can be effective at preventing the spread of disease
Debunked: Leo Varadkar did not say that 'biological males' shouldn't be put in female prisons
FactCheck: The ‘15-minute city’ concept does not involve detaining or punishing people
FactFind: Is the EU 'forcing' people to eat 'unhealthy' insects without their knowledge?
Debunked: Deceptive leaflet distributed in Dublin telling ‘girls to stay indoors’ is a hoax
Debunked: Buses in Santry were not a 'migrant convoy', but were dropping children to athletics
FactFind: Does a new scientific review show masks are useless at stopping disease?
Debunked: Video of fire does not show building contracted to house asylum seekers
Explainer: What is the difference between ‘economic migrants’, ‘refugees’ and 'asylum-seekers'?