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Tuesday 24 November 2020
The Department of Social Protection has confirmed that this is incorrect.
Despite what the misleading claim says, the Fluenz Tetra vaccine has been authorised since 2013.
Guidance on mask-wearing in the German city of Düsseldorf has recently been updated, but the requirement to wear a mask has not been banned as claims suggest.
The PCR test is globally recognised as the gold standard method for detecting the coronavirus.
None of the members of the board of Pieta House are paid for their work.
The incorrect claim is being widely shared on social media.
This claim has been shared widely on Facebook recently.
A social media post claims older people have been given a higher dose of the vaccine as part of a “culling agenda”.
Posts containing this false claim have been shared on Facebook recently.
A TD said on RTÉ Radio One at the weekend: “We have stopped measuring suicide and self-harm in this country.”
The ad calls for an alternative approach to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions.
The leaflet was distributed in the name of Anti-Corruption Ireland, an anti-government group.
The video on Twitter and Facebook accused Sinn Féin of being “two-faced and hypocritical”. But were the claims in it correct?
The photo has been shared on social media in recent days – but it was actually taken in England five years ago.
Several claims online say the store is to stop retail sales from next week.
The fake advertisement was shared on social media following protests in Dublin at the weekend.
The figures in question refer to the number of deaths registered for that month so far, not the total number of people who died.
It’s been claimed that the World Bank was recording exports of Covid-19 tests up to three years ago.
In the video, Ben Gilroy makes a number of false and misleading claims about coronavirus and suicide in Ireland.
A widely shared Facebook video incorrectly claims that 100 people, not 1,777, have died from the virus in Ireland.
The claim has spread widely on Facebook and Twitter and has caused significant distress.
The Green Party leader has come in for criticism after a new clip appears to show him nodding off again.
The claim, which is being shared in a voice memo on WhatsApp, is not true.
A clip from a speech Varadkar made at the Global Vaccine Summit has been used to claim he said he supports forced vaccination for everyone in Ireland.
Posts on social media have represented anti-government protests in Seoul as anti-coronavirus restrictions.
An image containing three misleading claims about the Green Party TD has been circulating online.
Variations of the same post have been widely shared on Facebook.
Children aged two to 12 years can get the flu jab for free this year, but it’s not compulsory.
The post is part of a category of conspiracies that has targeted contact tracing apps launched to help stop the spread of Covid-19.
The claim was widely shared on Facebook.
False claims on social media have suggested that Monaghan County Council is moving the cross to appease the Muslim community.
A widely shared Facebook post incorrectly claims that wearing a mask causes people to breathe in their own carbon dioxide.
Misinformation has never been more widely shared in Ireland than during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Elisa Granato was one of the first volunteers in a Covid-19 vaccine trial in the UK – and she’s alive and well.
A poster in Dublin claims that Gardaí will reward members of the public if they report house parties.
There have been fewer cases of legionella infection in Ireland this year compared to last year.
A false tweet from the Green Party leader claims he said he was “excited to meet” Tatchell two years ago.
Social media users have claimed that dog thieves are using stickers on ESB mini pillars to mark houses where dogs will be stolen.
Theories claim adrenochrome is harvested from children in a trafficking ring.
WELL, after over two months, tonight is the night. The Great British Bake Off 2020 final.
This has been a unique series, with the cast and crew forming a Covid-19 ‘bubble’ in a hotel for six weeks to record the episodes.
Tonight’s episode will see the three finalists battle it off in the tent before a winner is announced.
So, today we want to know… Will you watch the Great British Bake Off final tonight?
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