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# factcheck

All time
FactCheck: No, the WHO didn't say a positive Covid-19 test is more likely due to a cold
15 Jan 2021
27.7k
Debunked: A comparison of deaths between January and October 2020 and other years is misleading
14 Jan 2021
65.0k
Factfind: Did the government actually follow NPHET's advice heading into December?
14 Jan 2021
58.8k
Debunked: Several claims about Covid-19 in a video featuring Dolores Cahill are false or misleading
9 Jan 2021
363k
FactCheck: No, Pfizer did not say unprotected sex should be avoided after the vaccine because of risk from 'genetic manipulation'
8 Jan 2021
83.9k
Debunked: No, this poster is not from the HSE telling people to report neighbours who do not wear a mask
8 Jan 2021
27.2k
Debunked: No, this is not a photo of a man attacked by George Nkencho
4 Jan 2021
7.2k
FactCheck: No, George Nkencho was not a convicted criminal out on bail for attacking his girlfriend
4 Jan 2021
39.3k
Debunked: No, a Freedom of Information request to the HSE did not prove that Covid-19 does not exist
29 Dec 2020
48.3k
Debunked: No, a former Pfizer employee was not correct to say there is 'no need for vaccines'
28 Dec 2020
260k
Debunked: No, this video does not show that a hospital in the North lied about being over capacity
28 Dec 2020
1.8k
Debunked: No, this US nurse who fainted after her Covid-19 vaccine has not died
23 Dec 2020
92.2k
Debunked: No, this photo does not show Paris 'in full out war' over Covid-19 restrictions
23 Dec 2020
2.5k
FactCheck: No, a claim by an Irish doctor that PCR tests have a 97% false positive rate is not true
22 Dec 2020
59.0k
How anti-vaccine misinformation took aim at the Toy Show - and what can be done about it
21 Dec 2020
46.2k
104
FactFind: Has Covid-19 impacted the overall number of deaths in Ireland this year?
18 Dec 2020
52.5k
FactCheck: No, it is not true that only people with pre-existing conditions have died from Covid-19 in the UK
17 Dec 2020
17.9k
FactCheck: Was Micheál Martin right to say that the banks were not bailed out in 2008?
16 Dec 2020
63.0k
FactCheck: Are RNA Covid-19 vaccines actually responsible for 'genetic manipulation'?
11 Dec 2020
25.8k
FactCheck: Have manufacturers provided 'incomplete testing data' meaning their vaccines won't be approved?
10 Dec 2020
16.8k
Debunked: No, Pfizer's head of research did not say the Covid vaccine is 'female sterilisation'
10 Dec 2020
56.0k
FactFind: Have Covid-19 vaccines been tested among older age groups?
6 Dec 2020
41.4k
FactCheck: Was the UK able to approve the Pfizer vaccine before the EU because of Brexit?
4 Dec 2020
20.6k
Debunked: Is this photo from the recent RTÉ gathering?
26 Nov 2020
5.9k
FactCheck: Did the creator of PCR tests say they don't work for Covid-19?
26 Nov 2020
139k
FactCheck: No, the WHO's Dr Mike Ryan didn't say that Covid-19 is 'no more dangerous' than the flu
26 Nov 2020
29.5k
14
Debunked: No, you won't need a 'vaccination passport' to receive social welfare
23 Nov 2020
26.0k
FactCheck: Yes, the children's flu vaccine is authorised for use in Ireland
20 Nov 2020
10.1k
FactCheck: No, a German city has not ruled that compulsory mask-wearing is illegal
19 Nov 2020
22.7k
Debunked: No, the HSE hasn't said its coronavirus testing method is useless
15 Nov 2020
23.3k
Debunked: No, a Fine Gael Senator is not being paid €150,000 to sit on the board of Pieta House
13 Nov 2020
7.0k
2
Debunked: No, the Army is not going to chip children in schools so they can monitor them
12 Nov 2020
16.6k
1
Debunked: No, face masks 'sprayed with Teflon' are not causing flu-like symptoms
11 Nov 2020
17.4k
15
FactCheck: No, care home residents in Ireland did not die two days after receiving a flu vaccine
2 Nov 2020
31.2k
16
FactCheck: No, a 6-year-old boy has not been kidnapped in Navan
27 Oct 2020
3.2k
7
FactFind: Were self-harm and suicide statistics measured during the pandemic?
23 Oct 2020
29.6k
FactFind: Has the World Health Organisation changed its position on lockdowns?
20 Oct 2020
58.5k
FactCheck: Claim made in full-page Irish Times ad about Covid-19 deaths is false
15 Oct 2020
206k
FactCheck: Many of the claims made about Covid-19 in a leaflet sent to Dublin households are false or misleading
2 Oct 2020
87.3k
90
FactFind: Are Fine Gael's claims about Sinn Féin in a video published on social media accurate?
30 Sep 2020
55.9k
91
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