# factcheck - Monday 23 November, 2020
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# Debunked
The Department of Social Protection has confirmed that this is incorrect.
# factcheck - Friday 20 November, 2020
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Despite what the misleading claim says, the Fluenz Tetra vaccine has been authorised since 2013.
# factcheck - Thursday 19 November, 2020
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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.
# factcheck - Sunday 15 November, 2020
# Covid19 Facts
# Covid19 Facts
The PCR test is globally recognised as the gold standard method for detecting the coronavirus.
# factcheck - Friday 13 November, 2020
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None of the members of the board of Pieta House are paid for their work.
# factcheck - Thursday 12 November, 2020
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The incorrect claim is being widely shared on social media.
# factcheck - Wednesday 11 November, 2020
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This claim has been shared widely on Facebook recently.
# factcheck - Monday 2 November, 2020
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A social media post claims older people have been given a higher dose of the vaccine as part of a “culling agenda”.
# factcheck - Tuesday 27 October, 2020
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Posts containing this false claim have been shared on Facebook recently.
# factcheck - Friday 23 October, 2020
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# Factfind
A TD said on RTÉ Radio One at the weekend: “We have stopped measuring suicide and self-harm in this country.”
# factcheck - Tuesday 20 October, 2020
# factcheck - Thursday 15 October, 2020
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The ad calls for an alternative approach to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions.
# factcheck - Friday 2 October, 2020
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The leaflet was distributed in the name of Anti-Corruption Ireland, an anti-government group.
# factcheck - Wednesday 30 September, 2020
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The video on Twitter and Facebook accused Sinn Féin of being “two-faced and hypocritical”. But were the claims in it correct?
# factcheck - Tuesday 29 September, 2020
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The photo has been shared on social media in recent days – but it was actually taken in England five years ago.
# factcheck - Wednesday 23 September, 2020
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Several claims online say the store is to stop retail sales from next week.
# factcheck - Thursday 17 September, 2020
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The fake advertisement was shared on social media following protests in Dublin at the weekend.
# factcheck - Friday 11 September, 2020
# Misinformation
# Misinformation
The figures in question refer to the number of deaths registered for that month so far, not the total number of people who died.
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It’s been claimed that the World Bank was recording exports of Covid-19 tests up to three years ago.
# factcheck - Tuesday 8 September, 2020
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In the video, Ben Gilroy makes a number of false and misleading claims about coronavirus and suicide in Ireland.
# Misinformation
# Misinformation
A widely shared Facebook video incorrectly claims that 100 people, not 1,777, have died from the virus in Ireland.
# factcheck - Friday 4 September, 2020
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The claim has spread widely on Facebook and Twitter and has caused significant distress.
# factcheck - Thursday 3 September, 2020
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The Green Party leader has come in for criticism after a new clip appears to show him nodding off again.
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# Debunked
The claim, which is being shared in a voice memo on WhatsApp, is not true.
# factcheck - Tuesday 1 September, 2020
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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.
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Posts on social media have represented anti-government protests in Seoul as anti-coronavirus restrictions.
# factcheck - Friday 28 August, 2020
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An image containing three misleading claims about the Green Party TD has been circulating online.
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Variations of the same post have been widely shared on Facebook.
# Misinformation
# Misinformation
Children aged two to 12 years can get the flu jab for free this year, but it’s not compulsory.
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The post is part of a category of conspiracies that has targeted contact tracing apps launched to help stop the spread of Covid-19.
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The claim was widely shared on Facebook.
# factcheck - Thursday 27 August, 2020
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False claims on social media have suggested that Monaghan County Council is moving the cross to appease the Muslim community.
# factcheck - Sunday 23 August, 2020
# Carbon Dioxide
# Carbon Dioxide
A widely shared Facebook post incorrectly claims that wearing a mask causes people to breathe in their own carbon dioxide.
# factcheck - Sunday 16 August, 2020
# Echo Chamber
# Echo Chamber
Misinformation has never been more widely shared in Ireland than during the Covid-19 pandemic.
# factcheck - Friday 14 August, 2020
# Elisa Granato
# Elisa Granato
Elisa Granato was one of the first volunteers in a Covid-19 vaccine trial in the UK – and she’s alive and well.
# factcheck - Tuesday 11 August, 2020
# Debunked
# Debunked
A poster in Dublin claims that Gardaí will reward members of the public if they report house parties.
# factcheck - Saturday 8 August, 2020
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# Debunked
There have been fewer cases of legionella infection in Ireland this year compared to last year.
# factcheck - Wednesday 5 August, 2020
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A false tweet from the Green Party leader claims he said he was “excited to meet” Tatchell two years ago.
# factcheck - Tuesday 4 August, 2020
# In The Doghouse
# In The Doghouse
Social media users have claimed that dog thieves are using stickers on ESB mini pillars to mark houses where dogs will be stolen.
# factcheck - Wednesday 29 July, 2020
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Theories claim adrenochrome is harvested from children in a trafficking ring.
