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2024
FactCheck
FactCheck: RTÉ leaders' debate, from housing and transport to The National Children's Hospital
Countless claims over two hours plus, but who was accurate?
19 Nov 2024
29.7k
FactCheck
FactCheck: Has the carbon tax led to a reduction in Ireland's emissions?
Mary Lou McDonald said this week that the tax has NOT led to a reduction.
Stephen McDermott
17 Nov 2024
20.5k
GE2024FactCheck
FactCheck: Four claims from last night's General Election housing debate
12 Nov 2024
32.1k
GE2024Election Once Again
How did parties and candidates campaign via online ads in the run-up to the election announcement?
Stephen McDermott
9 Nov 2024
7.7k
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FactCheck
How Roderic O'Gorman is targeted with homophobic slurs and misinformation about missing children
5 Nov 2024
13.3k
InvestigatesPolitical Pensions
Revealed: How much each TD not running for election can get in exit payment and pensions
31 Oct 2024
34.8k
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InvestigatesPolitical Pensions
Outgoing TDs will be paid almost €4 million in pensions and payments in year after election
The Journal Investigates delves into the entitlements of the 29 TDs who are leaving politics.
Stephen McDermott
31 Oct 2024
34.9k
128
FactCheck
Newsletter: How a campaign against sex education has taken hold across Ireland
27 Oct 2024
23.7k
pageturners
The Journal and The 42 authors shortlisted for this year's An Post Irish Book Awards
The Journal’s Best Irish Published Book of the Year is among the categories.
24 Oct 2024
8.3k
FactCheck
FactCheck: Oat milk is set to be brought under VAT laws - but it isn't about to get more expensive
16 Oct 2024
9.4k
FactCheck
Dept of Education says secondary pupils will 'categorically' not watch pornography in SPHE class
It follows the uploading of a video featuring an ‘SPHE whistleblower’ last week.
4 Oct 2024
33.7k
FactCheck
FactCheck: Is Ireland now 'the top country in Europe' when it comes to building new homes?
3 Oct 2024
20.8k
Money Back
Explainer: How do you claim the Rent Tax Credit and when will it be paid?
1 Oct 2024
22.7k
1
cashback
Rent tax credit to rise to €1,000 next year - and has been back-dated to add another €250 for 2024
1 Oct 2024
6.5k
0
FactCheck
FactCheck: Why are so many people presenting as homeless in Dublin?
30 Sep 2024
10.1k
The Morning Lead
The Taoiseach said asylum seekers are driving up homeless figures: experts say it's far more complicated
Yesterday marked the eighth consecutive month of record homeless figures.
Simon Harris' comments sparked controversy last week when he linked homelessness to record numbers of asylum seekers.
Charities in the sector say systemic factors related to the housing market are more to blame.
Stephen McDermott
28 Sep 2024
17.7k
Newtownmountkennedy
RTÉ documentary reveals protesters used drones to watch asylum seekers living at Wicklow site
20 Sep 2024
21.2k
RIP
Toto Schillaci - whose quarter final goal knocked Ireland out of Italia '90 - has died aged 59
18 Sep 2024
32.0k
46
Operation Overload
The Journal among 200 outlets targeted by Russian disinformation about Olympics and US election
17 Sep 2024
11.2k
The Morning Lead
Scammers are using AI photos to lure Instagram users into buying fake Irish brands
Thousands of ads for fake businesses have been run in Ireland by international scammers in recent months.
Ads for clothes or accessories have used AI-generated images of people who supposedly work at the shop in question.
Pages have attracted complaints from Irish customers saying that they didn't get the products they had paid for.
16 Sep 2024
22.0k
FactCheck
FactCheck: Examining four claims from Darragh O'Brien and Eoin O Broin's latest housing debate
4 Sep 2024
15.2k
what's the story
The Oasis ticket scramble has put 'dynamic pricing' back in the news: What exactly is it?
2 Sep 2024
16.7k
42
Study
People who watched deepfakes of Irish politicians formed false memories of interviews happening
31 Aug 2024
10.0k
The Morning Lead
Burke brother spends €30,000 on Facebook ads promoting activities of Castlebar family
The spend includes more than €5,000 on ads which show senior politicians being heckled.
Stephen McDermott
5 Aug 2024
67.7k
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
High Court rules that Ireland is breaching human rights of homeless asylum seekers
The court heard the case over three days earlier this year.
Updated 1 Aug 2024
66.1k
FactCheck
Debunked: Irish groups spread baseless claim that Southport stabbing attacker was asylum seeker
30 Jul 2024
15.8k
FactCheck
'Unlikely to survive the night': False rumours about Joe Biden's demise are going viral online
Stephen McDermott
23 Jul 2024
22.0k
FactCheck
Debunked: Ursula von der Leyen's husband is not the director of a company owned by Pfizer
22 Jul 2024
5.2k
FactCheck
Debunked: Bus company refutes claims it wouldn't drive 150 asylum seekers into Coolock site
17 Jul 2024
26.6k
Dublin
Coolock: 15 charged and pepper spray used by gardaí following fire at site of anti-immigrant protests
Emergency services were at the scene throughout today.
Taoiseach Simon Harris said the protests are 'criminal and designed to sow fear and division'.
A number of Garda vehicles were also damaged.
Updated 15 Jul 2024
116k
The Morning Lead
Cost of overpayments to asylum seekers since 2018 is less than €6,000
8 Jul 2024
18.1k
FactCheck
FactCheck: How many times did the Dáil discuss the EU Nature Restoration Law?
Newly elected MEP Ciaran Mullooly claims the law was not properly scrutinised by TDs.
20 Jun 2024
7.5k
The far-right rises
Over 100 far-right candidates stood in this year's elections: Could they become a political force?
Five far-right councillors were elected this year – the first breakthrough for the movement.
Around 100 candidates with far-right views ran in this year's elections - most of them outperforming the movement's previous best in 2020.
Social media has proved a successful platform for a number of those who were elected or who threatened to win seats.
Stephen McDermott
15 Jun 2024
13.0k
The Irish People
Electoral Commission unable to act over unflagged use of AI by far-right party in election posts
8 Jun 2024
14.5k
intimidation
Racism, doxxing and assaults among dozens of incidents of abuse of 2024 election candidates
8 Jun 2024
13.1k
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
High Court told State can't simply accommodate homeless asylum seekers 'at the drop of a hat'
Stephen McDermott
Updated 30 May 2024
13.0k
FactCheck
Debunked: Image of burning house in rural Ireland is AI-generated and not a real arson attack
30 May 2024
537
INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
High Court told Ireland is breaching human rights law by failing to house homeless asylum seekers
Stephen McDermott
Updated 29 May 2024
30.8k
FactCheck
Debunked: Man charged with alleged knife offences in Dublin was Irish, not a foreign national
29 May 2024
615
FactCheck
The disinfluencers: How over 150 anonymous 'Irish' accounts are swamping X with extreme views
The accounts could be part of a wider ‘influence operation’ in Ireland.
An analysis of anonymous accounts on the platform formerly known as Twitter found a potential 'influence operation' ahead of the June elections.
Some accounts showed signs of being operated by non-Irish users, despite claiming to be Irish and posting almost exclusively about Irish political issues.
X policy states that accounts should not "pose as someone who doesn’t exist to mislead others".
Stephen McDermott
27 May 2024
32.7k
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