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# debunked

This year
2024
Debunked: No media 'blackout' on reporting clash in Tuam, as rumours and footage spread online
Debunked: No evidence to support claim that Ireland's population will drop by 72.4% by 2025
Debunked: Piers Morgan catching Covid-19 is not evidence of VAIDS, a made-up medical condition
Last year
2023
Debunked: Dublin City Council did not rename 'Winter Lights' to avoid mentioning Christmas
Debunked: No evidence of Graham Linehan’s claims about crowdfunding and ‘top surgery’
Debunked: Video clip showing car theft in UK shared online with claims it was filmed in Ireland
Debunked: Picture of Irish homeless woman and children is an AI-generated image
'This is wrong': The misleading claim about a refugee family getting a free house in Westmeath
Debunked: Gardaí have not installed 'watch towers' on O'Connell Street after riots in Dublin
Debunked: Old footage from Egypt shared with false claims it shows Israel storming Gaza hospital
FactCheck: False claims the army was deployed during Dublin City riots seen millions of times
Debunked: Fake News site spreads baseless claim of a second stabbing at a school in Ballymun
Judge debunked rumour that spread for months that Ashling Murphy knew her murderer
Debunked: Years-old video of hospital bombing in Syria claimed to show strike on Gaza
Debunked: Photo of ‘corpse’ using phone isn't from Gaza; it actually shows a Halloween costume
Debunked: Scam ads falsely claim that Dublin Airport is clearing out 'lost luggage' for €2
Debunked: YouTube ads feature Elon Musk in deepfake videos pushing cryptocurrency scams
Debunked: A double-decker bus which caught fire in Bradford was not an electric vehicle
Debunked: Fake RTÉ posts about Anne Doyle are a hoax to promote a cryptocurrency scheme
Debunked: An old image of Leo Varadkar has been altered to promote a climate change conspiracy
FactFind: QAnon website promoted on anti-SPHE leaflets protesting sex ed in Ireland
Debunked: Australian footage from 2021 used to imply Covid lockdowns are being enforced again
Lasers, ‘magic trees’ and Simpsons predictions: False claims about Maui wildfires spread online
Debunked: Irish users among those fooled by AI image of Pope in front of huge crowds
Debunked: A public killing and attempted abductions latest in baseless claims against migrants
Debunked: No, there hasn't been a 21% rise in deaths due to the Covid-19 vaccine
FactCheck: Did five garda recruits resign immediately after starting training?
Debunked: This video does not show Ukrainian soldiers surrendering 'without a fight'
Debunked: No, a factory in England is not growing human meat for consumption
Debunked: Climate change is not still being debated by scientists
Debunked: Images of Tommy Bowe being escorted by gardaí and PSNI officers are fake
Debunked: There is no such thing as 'asymptomatic' climate change
Debunked: Ireland does not have a higher rate of Jobseeker's Allowance for migrants
Debunked: Death Valley Park Rangers were joking wearing jackets and gloves during record temperatures
Debunked: A video claiming Prince Harry asked Cillian Murphy if he was British has been doctored
Debunked: Draft SPHE syllabus doesn't say Critical Race Theory will be taught on Leaving Cert
Debunked: The official US women’s soccer team did not lose 12-0 to a team of Wrexham 'veterans'
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