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Why the man accused of sexually assaulting a young girl near Citywest can't be named
Convincing AI-generated videos and images are flooding social media ahead of the election
Debunked: Presidential candidates did not campaign to remove ‘women’ from the constitution
Debunked: False stat about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome used to bolster anti-vaccine claims
Debunked: Chart uses false information to compare benefits given to Ukrainian and Irish families
Debunked: An animated Jurassic Park show on Netflix does not depict ‘gay sex’
Debunked: Video decrying NGOs wrongly names organisations it says are receiving State money
Debunked: The UN Agenda 2030 goals do not mention a ‘one world government’ or ‘depopulation’
Debunked: No proof for viral video's claims of a ‘crackdown’ on independent media in Ireland
Debunked: Candidates who want to run for President of Ireland do not need government backing
Debunked: Despite White House claims, paracetamol has not been shown to cause autism
Debunked: A viral chart comparing the finances of Irish and migrant apprentices is false
Explainer: What does a deleted US government report say about the politics of domestic terrorists?
Debunked: The government is not giving migrants €60,000 to start new businesses
Debunked: Images of destroyed Banksy mural in London edited to show English flags
Charlie Kirk: JFK-type conspiracies and false reports of culprit spread in aftermath of shooting
The conservative activist’s death has been surrounded by misinformation and baseless speculation.
Debunked: Elon Musk wrongly claims Simon Harris blocked 'the will of the people' in Áras race
Debunked: No evidence a viral video of men walking with a child in Dublin shows a kidnapping
Debunked: Irish Presidents cannot call referendums, despite Conor McGregor’s pledges
Debunked: Misleading post claims the media is covering up a surge in young girls going missing
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”
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