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This year
2024
Debunked: Image of mountainous hay bales before Eiffel Tower is not a real photograph
FactCheck: The government is not offering tens of thousands to coax Indians to Irish islands
FactFind: What is a ‘safe country of origin’ and how many asylum seekers come from one?
Debunked: Man arrested in Dublin City Centre was holding a toy gun, not a real firearm
Debunked: No, Ukrainian drivers aren't exempt from Irish laws or the need to be insured here
Debunked: Hoax ads featuring Alastair Campbell on the Late Late Show have proliferated on X.com
Debunked: Ceann Comhairle did not say immigrants were responsible for rising antisemitism
Debunked: Video does not show a diesel-powered generator recharging an electric Bus Éireann vehicle
FactCheck: People registered to vote don’t need to reapply or submit ‘additional information’
Debunked: Misleading claims shared in Roscrea amid protests at Racket Hall
Councillor clarifies claim about now-closed alleyway being used during Dublin riots
Debunked: Planning files do not show that Ringsend building was to be used for asylum seekers
Debunked: No media 'blackout' on reporting clash in Tuam, as rumours and footage spread online
Debunked: No evidence to support claim that Ireland's population will drop by 72.4% by 2025
Debunked: Piers Morgan catching Covid-19 is not evidence of VAIDS, a made-up medical condition
Last year
2023
Debunked: Dublin City Council did not rename 'Winter Lights' to avoid mentioning Christmas
Debunked: No evidence of Graham Linehan’s claims about crowdfunding and ‘top surgery’
Debunked: Video clip showing car theft in UK shared online with claims it was filmed in Ireland
Debunked: Picture of Irish homeless woman and children is an AI-generated image
Debunked: Currys say ‘mystery box’ posts on social media are a scam
Debunked: Old footage from Egypt shared with false claims it shows Israel storming Gaza hospital
FactCheck: False claims the army was deployed during Dublin City riots seen millions of times
Debunked: Fake News site spreads baseless claim of a second stabbing at a school in Ballymun
Major analysis shows how Irish disinformation ecosystem has been 'co-opted by far-right actors'
Ireland “a victim of Russian disinformation”, experts on Ukraine war say
Anti-immigration groups use Israel-Gaza violence to push antisemitism and Islamophobia online
Judge debunked rumour that spread for months that Ashling Murphy knew her murderer
Debunked: Years-old video of hospital bombing in Syria claimed to show strike on Gaza
PSNI cast doubt on photo of man dressed as Palestinian militant walking through Derry
Debunked: Photo of ‘corpse’ using phone isn't from Gaza; it actually shows a Halloween costume
FactFind: What exactly do we know - and not know - about the Gaza hospital explosion
Debunked: YouTube ads feature Elon Musk in deepfake videos pushing cryptocurrency scams
Debunked: A double-decker bus which caught fire in Bradford was not an electric vehicle
FactCheck: Misleading claims about sex education found on leaflets about the SPHE curriculum
How X, formerly Twitter, is platforming a deluge of misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war
Debunked: Fake RTÉ posts about Anne Doyle are a hoax to promote a cryptocurrency scheme
Debunked: An old image of Leo Varadkar has been altered to promote a climate change conspiracy
FactFind: QAnon website promoted on anti-SPHE leaflets protesting sex ed in Ireland
Debunked: Video alleging fraud cites baseless claims about Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s assets
Debunked: Australian footage from 2021 used to imply Covid lockdowns are being enforced again