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# Conspiracy

This year
2023
'They're preparing us for something': Irish conspiracy groups latch onto UK's public alert test
Why are multiple governments rolling out warning systems, if not to announce aliens?
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Apr 22nd 2023, 8:00 AM
Last year
2022
January 6 panel's final report describes Trump ‘conspiracy’
It concludes an 18-month investigation into the former US president and the violent insurrection two years ago.
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Dec 23rd 2022, 7:00 AM
Alex Jones ordered to pay almost $1 billion to families of Sandy Hook victims
Jones pushed the lie that the 2012 massacre never happened, and that the grieving families were actors
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Oct 12th 2022, 9:42 PM
Defamation trial between Alex Jones and parents of Sandy Hook shooting victims to begin
The trial will determine how much Jones must pay for falsely telling his audience the classroom shooting was a hoax.
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Jul 25th 2022, 6:49 PM
All time
'Unchallenged misinformation' has led to very low vaccine uptake in migrant communities
Conspiracy theories were allowed to take hold in certain communities here, experts have warned.
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Nov 28th 2021, 6:30 AM
Family of patient encouraged to leave Donegal hospital criticise group involved and apologise to staff
The patient in question left the hospital following the video but returned by ambulance two days later.
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Sep 19th 2021, 4:11 PM
Opinion: First rule of social media? Don’t engage with The Horrible People
Aoife Gallagher says it’s tempting to share content that horrifies you, but it only serves to amplify the hate.
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Jun 18th 2021, 3:20 PM
'I hung up for the last time': How I lost my partner to conspiracy theories
Our reader documents her relationship with a partner who became an advocate of online conspiracy theories.
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Apr 18th 2021, 12:05 AM
Swiss tech sleuths claim two people at the origin QAnon conspiracy
A Swiss startup said it had used its algorithm-based software, developed to detect plagiarism, to help crack QAnon.
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Jan 17th 2021, 3:29 PM
Married couple donned wigs and disguises as part of €400,000 fraud from banks, court hears
Former solicitors Keith Flynn and Lyndsey Clarke have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud.
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Oct 27th 2020, 7:15 PM
Steph Curry claims moon landings were faked, Nasa invites him to see the rocks
In last night’s NBA action, LeBron James won the final instalment of his long rivalry with Dwyane Wade.
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Dec 11th 2018, 9:43 AM
'Spy mania': West accuses Russia of global hacking conspiracy
Russia scathingly accused the West of “spy mania”, with the Russian foreign office describing the accusations as “propaganda”.
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Oct 5th 2018, 7:37 AM
Was Rose actually lying on a door in Titanic? An investigation
It was wood panelling lads.
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Oct 11th 2017, 9:00 PM
A very convincing theory on the origin of Taylor Swift's 'oh, she's dead' line has blown up on Tumblr
Tin foil hats on.
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Aug 31st 2017, 4:24 PM
Nigeria charges 53 men with conspiracy to organise a gay wedding
The men stand charged with “belonging to an unlawful society”.
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Apr 20th 2017, 9:10 PM
Did Cormac from Tallafornia really buy five eggs per bloke per day?
This ends with a conspiracy only Jim Corr could get to the bottom of.
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Apr 5th 2017, 2:30 PM
People think Starbucks is spelling your name wrong on purpose
It’s a CONSPIRACY.
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Dec 14th 2016, 10:02 PM
"What he wants to do is interfere with the machinery of government" - Julian Assange's mission
The founder of Wikileaks detailed his approach a decade ago in an essay.
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Oct 29th 2016, 7:30 AM
Anglo trial: Sentences of two to three-and-a-half years for trio convicted of fraudulent €7.2 billion transaction
Denis Casey, William McAteer and John Bowe were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud last month.
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Jul 29th 2016, 11:14 AM
Mandela bodyguard claims the All Blacks were poisoned in 1995
Conspiracy theories surrounding a sudden illness in the squad have swirled for two decades.
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May 5th 2016, 9:25 AM
How did a dossier about Denis O'Brien mysteriously end up on Denis O'Brien's desk?
Lawyers for PR firm Red Flag were asking that question in court today.
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Oct 16th 2015, 10:40 PM
9/11 conspiracy theories were on Osama Bin Laden's reading list
The Al-Qaeda leader also appeared to have been interested in attacking the French economy.
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May 20th 2015, 5:30 PM
Argentine prosecutor had warrant for President's arrest
The prosecutor was set to appear before Argentinian lawmakers
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Feb 4th 2015, 4:55 PM
Seven men charged with directing and preparing for acts of terrorism
The individuals are appearing before the Newry Magistrates Court this morning.
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Nov 17th 2014, 12:59 PM
Ebola education team killed amid fears of organ harvesting
The bodies were found in a septic tank of a primary school. 27 people have been arrested.
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Sep 24th 2014, 9:11 PM
'Nothing happened', snaps Uruguay's Lugano as FIFA promise investigation into Suarez 'bite'
The defender issued an angry criticism of Giorgio Chiellini, saying ‘as a man, he disappointed me totally’.
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Jun 25th 2014, 12:17 AM
John F Kennedy assassination: the conspiracy theories
With the 50th anniversary of the assassination just days away, we look at some of the theories about who was responsible.
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Nov 16th 2013, 10:30 AM
9 people who believe the MTV EMAs are a giant conspiracy
“MTV is racist against Beliebers.”
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Nov 12th 2012, 11:16 AM
Move along, nothing to see here: Juventus claim 'no conspiracy' after Catania win
The Sicilian side feel they were wronged as the flag of the referee’s assistant twice went Juve’s way.
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Oct 29th 2012, 12:20 PM
USADA - Lance Armstrong's team groomed and pressured athletes to use dangerous drugs
The United States Anti-Doping Agency says the US Postal Service team ‘ran the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen.’
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Oct 10th 2012, 6:24 PM
Doctor who helped CIA trace bin Laden sentenced to 33 years
The Pakistani man has been convicted of conspiring against Pakistan.
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May 23rd 2012, 8:34 PM
Syrian president blames 'foreign conspiracy' for unrest
Bashar Assad also warned that ‘terrorism’ would be tackled with an “iron fist” in today’s televised address.
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Jan 10th 2012, 2:22 PM
Sarkozy's party denies new claims that Strauss-Kahn was set-up
The denial comes following the emergence of new details in the case which forced the one-time French presidential favourite to resign earlier this year.
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Nov 28th 2011, 11:26 AM
We need to talk about childbirth - it's murder, says Tilda Swinton
Star of We Need To Talk About Kevin stokes controversy by claiming childbirth is “violent” and “murderous”.
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May 13th 2011, 9:01 AM
One of three Michaela accused cites 'police brutality' in court
Two men named on murder charge and one on conspiracy in tragic honeymoon killing.
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Jan 12th 2011, 11:56 AM