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Debunk: Turf is not an ‘agricultural crop’; burning it is polluting and unhealthy

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Debunk: Turf is not an ‘agricultural crop’; burning it is polluting and unhealthy

4 hours ago 10,781 Views 0 Comments

It can take 1,000 years for a metre of peat to form.

# factcheck - Last week 20th November 2022 - 26th November 2022

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Fact Check: Do emissions from making electric cars mean they are not ‘green’?

Thu 2:27 PM 20,595 Views 0 Comments

Tesla has been criticised over the mining needed to make their batteries.

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FactCheck: Is the State the ‘biggest player in housing’?

Nov 22nd 2022, 6:00 AM 11,617 Views 0 Comments

The Taoiseach made this claim multiple times in the Dáil since 2021

# factcheck - This month November 2022

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FactCheck: Iranian protesters have been arrested & killed, but 15,000 aren't sentenced to death

Nov 16th 2022, 2:12 PM 10,012 Views 0 Comments

Justin Trudeau helped spread the claim, but later deleted his tweet.

Debunk: No, it isn’t true that vaccines have little effect on COVID-19 transmission

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Debunk: No, it isn’t true that vaccines have little effect on COVID-19 transmission

Nov 14th 2022, 3:33 PM 4,815 Views 0 Comments

Piers Morgan’s claim is contradicted by numerous studies

Debunk: No, these maps don't show large areas of Irish cities that 'could be underwater’ by 2050

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Debunk: No, these maps don't show large areas of Irish cities that 'could be underwater’ by 2050

Nov 11th 2022, 5:21 PM 34,568 Views 0 Comments

While the ‘stark images’ are alarming, they depict something else.

Debunked: Five common climate myths and why they're wrong

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Debunked: Five common climate myths and why they're wrong

Nov 6th 2022, 12:05 AM 24,632 Views 0 Comments

As COP27 climate summit begins in Egypt, here are the facts on climate change.

Debunked: No, the NI Protocol has not impacted on heart surgeries in Northern Ireland

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Debunked: No, the NI Protocol has not impacted on heart surgeries in Northern Ireland

Nov 2nd 2022, 6:41 PM 15,257 Views 0 Comments

DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has said the Protocol is responsible for delays to cardiac services.

# factcheck - Last month October 2022

FactFind: How much does it cost the State to train a doctor in Ireland?

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FactFind: How much does it cost the State to train a doctor in Ireland?

Oct 22nd 2022, 9:00 PM 29,644 Views 0 Comments

Figures cited online range can vary by hundreds of thousands

Debunked: Article saying Sinn Féin should apologise for the 1916 Rising was doctored

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Debunked: Article saying Sinn Féin should apologise for the 1916 Rising was doctored

Oct 18th 2022, 4:11 PM 12,858 Views 0 Comments

A fake article by “W Brittan” called the Easter Rising an “unprovoked attack”.

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Debunked: World Economic Forum did not say Covid lockdowns were test for ‘social-credit scheme’

Oct 5th 2022, 2:47 PM 5,457 Views 0 Comments

Irish social media users shared a headline from a fake news site

# factcheck - September September 2022

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Debunked: No, excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is not down to natural causes

Sep 29th 2022, 12:23 PM 2,496 Views 0 Comments

Spurious claims were made by an Australian climate change denier

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FactCheck: Is the renters' €500 tax credit just worth seven days' rent in Dublin?

Sep 28th 2022, 3:51 PM 14,672 Views 0 Comments

The claim was made by a housing charity after the budget was announced.

Debunked: Protesters outside Russian embassy in Dublin were not chanting Nazi slogans

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Debunked: Protesters outside Russian embassy in Dublin were not chanting Nazi slogans

Sep 22nd 2022, 4:39 PM 4,864 Views 0 Comments

Putin claimed his invasion was to ‘de-nazify’ Ukraine

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Debunked: No, 35km queues of traffic have not formed at the Russia-Finland border

Sep 21st 2022, 9:25 PM 37,140 Views 0 Comments

The videos posted on social media are not of the current situation on the border.

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Debunked: Climate change is real - it is not a 'hoax' or a 'scam' designed to control people

Sep 19th 2022, 4:05 PM 1,828 Views 0 Comments

Claims on social media suggest that climate change is made up.

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FactFind: How many current TDs own houses that they rent out?

Sep 17th 2022, 12:05 AM 40,115 Views 0 Comments

There are 160 TDs in the Dáil - but it isn't entirely straightforward to find out which of them also derive an income from renting houses.
An analysis by The Journal sought to find out, using the Dáil register of interests and by contacting individual TDs.

Debunked: Tony Cascarino did not throw his takeaway in the bin and other fake queen claims

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Debunked: Tony Cascarino did not throw his takeaway in the bin and other fake queen claims

Sep 9th 2022, 6:14 PM 38,692 Views 0 Comments

There were no Irish dancers at Buckingham Palace either.

Debunked: Teacher wasn't jailed over pronouns, but for breaking a court order by going to school

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Debunked: Teacher wasn't jailed over pronouns, but for breaking a court order by going to school

Sep 8th 2022, 2:53 PM 7,744 Views 0 Comments

Burke was sent to Mountjoy Prison this week.

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Debunked: A quote by Yuval Noah Harari that technology will 'replace people' is missing context

Sep 2nd 2022, 11:32 AM 4,879 Views 0 Comments

An image containing the quote has gone viral on social media.

# factcheck - August August 2022

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FactCheck: Sign up to The Journal's monthly newsletter about misinformation trends

Aug 30th 2022, 8:00 PM 6,266 Views 3 Comments

See how we’re fighting back with quality information every month – and what’s happening in the wider world of disinformation.

Debunked: Figures on Covid-19 deaths and underlying conditions have been taken out of context

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Debunked: Figures on Covid-19 deaths and underlying conditions have been taken out of context

Aug 28th 2022, 7:00 AM 22,413 Views 0 Comments

Covid sceptics are misinterpreting CSO data to make inaccurate claims.

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Debunked: Yes, cows are a 'problem' when it comes to cutting greenhouse gas emissions

Aug 19th 2022, 4:06 PM 38,706 Views 13 Comments

Two Facebook posts said cows are “not the problem” compared to emitting activities like flying.

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Debunked: It is misleading to claim that 30-degree heat is 'normal' during an Irish summer

Aug 13th 2022, 1:00 PM 27,528 Views 0 Comments

Social media users suggest that climate change has been exaggerated in recent weather reports.

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Debunked: A claim that the UN accused Ukrainian forces of using 'human shields' is missing context

Aug 12th 2022, 3:39 PM 11,017 Views 0 Comments

The use of human shields breaches international human rights law.

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Debunked: No, The Journal didn't report a man's death from monkeypox after his 'parachute failed'

Aug 9th 2022, 2:10 PM 2,098 Views 0 Comments

An image featuring The Journal’s logo has been manipulated.

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Debunked: No, The Journal did not report that monkeypox lives on toilets for 120 years

Aug 9th 2022, 8:46 AM 1,000 Views 0 Comments

The article has been photoshopped and the claim is fake.

# factcheck - July July 2022

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Debunked: Is it potentially dangerous to give dogs ice during high temperatures?

Jul 28th 2022, 7:45 AM 3,587 Views 0 Comments

A viral post shared thousands of times during the heatwave warned against giving K9s ice, but is it true?

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FactFind: Are Irish farmers the 'most carbon-efficient food producers in the world'?

Jul 24th 2022, 3:12 PM 30,812 Views 32 Comments

A number of politicians including the Taoiseach mentioned Irish beef and dairy’s carbon efficiency this week. But what does this mean?

FactFind: Is Navan the largest town in the country without a rail line?

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FactFind: Is Navan the largest town in the country without a rail line?

Jul 23rd 2022, 7:30 AM 32,207 Views 25 Comments

Meath’s county town was promised a rail connection in 2005 but there’s still no delivery date.

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FactFind: How have other countries regulated Airbnb and what happened when they did?

Jul 20th 2022, 8:00 PM 21,443 Views 0 Comments

Cities have successfully passed laws restricting Airbnb but it hasn’t always led to more houses and lower rents

Debunked: A drone image of lightning striking the Poolbeg towers has been digitally altered

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Debunked: A drone image of lightning striking the Poolbeg towers has been digitally altered

Jul 20th 2022, 12:26 PM 59,531 Views 0 Comments

The chimney stacks were hit by lightning yesterday, but this widely shared image has been doctored.

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FactCheck: Is the protocol stopping Jewish people in the North from practising their religion?

Jul 17th 2022, 7:30 AM 20,800 Views 0 Comments

The claim was made by former Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis.

Debunked: TikTok videos touting unproven and potentially dangerous 'herbal abortion' methods

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Debunked: TikTok videos touting unproven and potentially dangerous 'herbal abortion' methods

Jul 11th 2022, 12:05 AM 14,425 Views 0 Comments

Clips circulating on TikTok recently have suggested how women can terminate their own pregnancies, Brianna Parkins writes.
Many videos have cited the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade last month.
Medical experts have warned against using such methods because they are possibly dangerous and there is no evidence to support them.

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FactCheck: Are there 16 vacant homes for every homeless person in Ireland?

Jul 2nd 2022, 9:00 PM 31,296 Views 0 Comments

The claim was made by Cian O’Callaghan last week.

Debunked: The pain from a kick in the testicles is not the same as giving birth to 160 children at once

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Debunked: The pain from a kick in the testicles is not the same as giving birth to 160 children at once

Jul 1st 2022, 12:00 PM 51,361 Views 0 Comments

It might be painful but there is no evidence to support the claim.

# factcheck - June June 2022

Debunked: No, the UN did not warn of '500 million refugees on their way from Africa to Europe'

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Debunked: No, the UN did not warn of '500 million refugees on their way from Africa to Europe'

Jun 27th 2022, 2:58 PM 11,855 Views 0 Comments

The UN Refugee Agency said it never issued such a statement and it warned of the damage disinformation can do.

Debunk: No, this photo doesn’t show a ‘bloody’ eucharist at a Mayo church

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Debunk: No, this photo doesn’t show a ‘bloody’ eucharist at a Mayo church

Jun 24th 2022, 6:00 PM 57,196 Views 0 Comments

However, a local priest says an incident is being investigated by Church authorities.

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FactFind: Has the Irish Government done 'a lot more' than the UK to reduce the cost of living?

Jun 6th 2022, 12:05 AM 37,260 Views 0 Comments

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar made the claim last month - so we’ve decided to see whether Ireland has actually done more than the UK.
Varadkar said Ireland is "ahead of what’s being done in the United Kingdom” when comparing “like with like”.