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# debunked

Last week
10th March 2024 - 16th March 2024
Debunked: Anti-migrant video asks: ‘Anyone know where in Dublin this is?’ The answer: Germany
This month
March 2024
Debunked: A UNHCR article saying Ireland has given refugees the right to vote is 20 years old
Debunked: No evidence of children trafficked to Mayo as described in Senator’s tweet
Christmas cards and a Supreme Court case: The latest claims about the Family and Care referendums
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Last month
February 2024
Debunked: Audio of Gordon Ramsay praising Irish protestors is fabricated, likely by AI
Debunked: The Irish Muslim Council has not put up stickers advocating for ‘Sharia Law’
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Debunked: Norway has not deported 1,600 people from Somalia
Debunked: Galway Beo did not report that an old Eircom building would house 900 male migrants
Scammers are trying to use Matthew Healy's funeral to trick people on social media
January
January 2024
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: Video does not show a diesel-powered generator recharging an electric Bus Éireann vehicle
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Debunked: Misleading claims shared in Roscrea amid protests at Racket Hall
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
'This is wrong': The misleading claim about a refugee family getting a free house in Westmeath
Debunked: Gardaí have not installed 'watch towers' on O'Connell Street after riots in Dublin
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
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
Debunked: Photo of ‘corpse’ using phone isn't from Gaza; it actually shows a Halloween costume
Debunked: Scam ads falsely claim that Dublin Airport is clearing out 'lost luggage' for €2
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
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: Australian footage from 2021 used to imply Covid lockdowns are being enforced again
Lasers, ‘magic trees’ and Simpsons predictions: False claims about Maui wildfires spread online