Court hears man charged with firework offence at Dublin protest is currently on the PUP
The court heard the accused had worked in a power-washing business but is currently in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment.
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The court heard the accused had worked in a power-washing business but is currently in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment.
The leaflet was produced by Renua, the Irish Freedom Party and Direct Democracy Ireland.
Unions have called for regular rapid testing as part of the re-opening of schools next month.
A false flyer advertising a pro-lockdown rally has been incorrectly attributed to People Before Profit and Le Chéile.
A social media post has drawn incorrect conclusions to suggest that Covid-19 vaccines are ineffective.
Social media posts have falsely described a photo from Romania in 2017 as a recent anti-restrictions protest.
A photo of mountain with unusual clouds above it has been mistakenly labelled as Mount Errigal in Donegal.
Messages flashed on an LED display beside roads are spreading misinformation about Covid-19.
A post on Facebook suggests that the broadcaster received money from a number of international groups.
A post on Instagram claims that SARS-CoV-2 has never been isolated.
It has been claimed that the media was told not to cover the minister’s trip last month.
It’s too soon to determine whether this coronavirus is seasonal, the WHO and a virologist have said.
Dr Keshav Sharma died on 11 January.
The claim goes against what medical and scientific experts have observed in Ireland and other countries around the world.
Debate about the safety of schools in relation to Covid-19 is ongoing.
Studies have shown that masks can help prevent the spread of the virus.
False claims on social media have inaccurately attributed a quote to the World Health Organization.
The post incorrectly compares CSO data for ten months in 2020 with previous years.
This week, Health Mininister Stephen Donnelly denied the government had gone against public health advice.
The video was posted online before Christmas and now has more than 1 million views.
A false claim on social media suggests that a Pfizer document said vaccine recipients should not have unprotected sex for 28 days after receiving their second dose.
A poster that falsely claims to have been published by the HSE is being shared on social media.
An image being shared on social media is actually of an Everton football fan attacked in 2019.
A claim on social media says that George Nkencho had 32 convictions, but this is false.
The claim originated in a series of posts by Anti-Corruption Ireland last week.
Quotes attributed to Dr Mike Yeadon are inaccurate.
The Northern Trust has said that claims of lies about hospital capacity in the North are “ridiculous”.
The nurse has said her fainting was not linked to the vaccine, but to a health condition she has.
The photo was taken in 2018 when France won the World Cup.
The video, which has attracted hundreds of shares and likes on Facebook, makes a number of claims about PCR testing.
Ireland is seeing a lot of misinformation about vaccines right now – and there’s no sign of it stopping.
Deaths rose by 14.1% in the second quarter of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019.
A post on social media has falsely claimed that the NHS confirmed no Covid-19 deaths occurred among people without a pre-existing condition.
The Taoiseach has suggested that the bank guarantee was an investment.
A tweet going viral raises the spectre of some vaccines causing lasting genetic change to our cells, but this is untrue.
False claims have spread on social media about Covid-19 testing and vaccination.
Social media posts making the claim have been shared thousands of times in recent days.
Let’s take a look at how trials for the Moderna, Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines have involved older age groups.
The head of the UK regulator who approved the Pfizer vaccine said its progress was “totally dependent” on the “rolling review” approach it took.
Staff from RTÉ did have a social gathering earlier this month – but this photo does not show it.