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# Fact check

Last year
2023
Gardaí put safety measures in place for man wrongly connected to school attack by Gript website
30 Nov 2023
46.5k
Debunked: Fake News site spreads baseless claim of a second stabbing at a school in Ballymun
24 Nov 2023
23.2k
All time
FactFind: Is Navan the largest town in the country without a rail line?
23 Jul 2022
33.4k
25
FactCheck: Is the protocol stopping Jewish people in the North from practising their religion?
17 Jul 2022
21.2k
Debunked: No, this photo of a ship in the Antarctic does not prove that the Earth is flat
3 Feb 2022
44.0k
Debunk: How did Omicron get to Australia if no one is allowed in or out?
7 Dec 2021
49.0k
Debunked: No, the Covid-19 vaccine figures don't include missed appointments
9 Jul 2021
11.7k
Debunked: No, this is not a photo of a man attacked by George Nkencho
4 Jan 2021
7.2k
FactFind: How has Santa amended his Christmas preparations to cope with the pandemic?
23 Dec 2020
11.0k
5
Debunked: No, Paul Murphy isn't recruiting and training actors to attend protests
17 Sep 2020
30.7k
43
Debunked: It's false to claim Irish and Italian death tolls are 'miscalculated' and 'inflated' by up to 90%
28 Aug 2020
2.6k
0
Debunked: No, Ireland's golf courses did not reopen on Saturday
7 May 2020
23.9k
16
Debunked: No, there wasn't a vaccine for Covid-19 back in 2001
23 Apr 2020
27.5k
30
Debunked: No, Donald Trump didn't tweet he'd 'never let thousands die' in a pandemic back in 2009
23 Apr 2020
28.5k
19
Debunked: No, Queen Elizabeth's coronavirus speech was not recorded on 5 March
17 Apr 2020
468
0
Debunked: No, Queen Elizabeth has not been diagnosed with coronavirus
4 Apr 2020
173
0
Debunked: No, this 'very urgent' message telling you that your bank details can be robbed by making a phone call isn't true
3 Apr 2020
49.3k
15
FactCheck: Does this image show an Iranian ballistic missile launch?
8 Jan 2020
300
0
Explainer: How does Santa get all the toys made in time for Christmas?
23 Dec 2019
14.9k
19
FactCheck: Nuala O'Loan corrects claim made on Morning Ireland that 90% of abortions a result of morning after pill
23 Oct 2019
52.3k
38
FactCheck: Did Nigel Farage coin the phrase ‘no deal is better than a bad deal’?
14 May 2019
19.1k
29
FactCheck: Did Michael Healy-Rae ask a question at yesterday's Oireachtas Sports Committee?
11 Apr 2019
65.1k
62
FactCheck: Do all children's letters reach Santa before Christmas Eve?
23 Dec 2018
17.1k
22
FactCheck: Is Trump correct that the Democrats passed laws to separate families at the border?
19 Jun 2018
50.0k
100
FactCheck: Did Justin Trudeau's eyebrow fall off during a press conference?
11 Jun 2018
172k
75
FactCheck: Is the 'Martinelli' virus real and can it hack your phone through Whatsapp?
22 Apr 2018
60.4k
22
'I won't be running a similar campaign' - Minister drops 'Welfare Cheats' approach, but says €500m fraud figure 'absolutely accurate'
28 Dec 2017
19.9k
94
FactCheck: Does Ireland really have a low rate of homelessness by international standards?
15 Nov 2017
44.2k
65
FactCheck: Are there more homeless people in Ireland now than at any time since the Famine?
6 May 2017
17.9k
59
Analysis: Do the statistics back up Joe Schmidt's rebuke about Ireland's attack?
24 Feb 2017
6.6k
18
Get checked: How a team of five people is factchecking the truth about Northern Ireland
11 Apr 2016
16.0k
28
FactCheck: How many social housing units were actually built last year?
9 Feb 2016
27.4k
95
Is Sinn Féin really proposing a 73 per cent tax rate?
11 Oct 2014
20.9k
92