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Debunked: There is no evidence that Pope Leo XIV ever said being ‘woke’ was part of the Gospel
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Debunked: Despite online rumours, no evidence of ‘attempted child abduction’ in Enniscorthy
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An old Trump video, re-used Gaza footage, and other fake news from the India-Pakistan conflict
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Debunked: Deepfake video appears to show Canadian Prime Minister announcing ban on old cars
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FactCheck: Did the New York Times say in 1854 the US was being 'overwhelmed' by Irish immigrants?
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Debunked: There is nothing ‘strange’ about not naming unconvicted rape suspects. It’s the law
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Debunked: No, the electricity blackouts in Spain and Portugal were not caused by a solar flare
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Debunked: Video of church attack was filmed in Nebraska a decade ago, not present-day Europe
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Debunked: Conor McGregor's false claims about roads policing, immigrants and Irish 'genocide'
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FactCheck: Studies of millions of children show there is no connection between autism and vaccines
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Debunked: Video of Army exercise in Kildare did not show someone arrested for planting a bomb
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Debunked: A grant doesn't show 'Phone shops, Turkish barbers & vape shops' are funded by taxes
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Debunked: A new conspiracy theory claims 14 countries signed a treaty to ban natural conception
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Debunked: Viral image contains false claim that UK's Southport killer was an 'Islamic migrant'
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Debunked: Brennans didn't recently apply for Halal certification (but Muslims can eat it anyway)
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Debunked: Data contradicts McGregor’s White House claim that Irish are a minority in some towns
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Debunked: Fake headline claims Trump granted the Burke family asylum over religious persecution
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Debunked: Project Ireland 2040 isn't a plan 'to flood the country with nearly 2m extra people’
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Debunked: Video of attack on jogger ‘in Ireland’ was actually recorded more than 9,000km away
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Debunked: Years-old video used to falsely claim Ireland is establishing a ‘National Hijab Day’
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Explainer: Here's why elections have not been held in Ukraine since Russia's 2022 invasion
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Debunked: Old reports circulating about plans for a huge mosque in Dublin that never went ahead
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Debunked: No, US Vice-President JD Vance did not make a security conference chairman cry on stage
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Debunked: A photo of a split bride/groom costume isn't an Irish person who ‘married themself’
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Debunked: Elon Musk misleadingly suggests other celebrities made controversial 'Nazi' gesture
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