Debunked: No, all UK residents won't have to get microchipped starting from January 2021
The letter was confirmed as a fake by the UK Cabinet Office.
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The letter was confirmed as a fake by the UK Cabinet Office.
The original image, which has been doctored, showed Trump with his daughter Ivanka in the 1990s.
Slave trading from Africa to the Americas began around 100 years before 1619, and indentured servitude is not the same as chattel slavery.
The Department of Health confirms that the tracing app won’t be made mandatory.
Over 1,600 people with Covid-19 have died in Ireland.
Claims made in a Facebook post are confirmed to be false by Department of An Taoiseach
The claim was made in a video that has gone viral on social media.
False claims on Facebook suggests the flammable liquid poses a threat if left in a hot car.
The Covid-19 disease is caused by a virus, not bacteria.
It appears as though misinformation about Penneys reopening is being deliberately shared in a bid to dupe people.
Fauci has been falsely quoted on a number of social media posts.
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary made a number of claims about Covid-19 and air travel on radio this week.
The hoax video shows a man who has a passing resemblance to Gates – but it’s a hoax.
The false message being shared on Facebook claims they are due to appear before a human rights tribunal next week.
Trump said the factchecks were ‘editorial decisions’ by Twitter and amounted to political activism.
The claim has its origins in a speech made by Sara Cunial, a member of the Italian Parliament.
A commonly-shared image purporting to be from a 1998 interview with People Magazine is a fake.
A post on Facebook claims that medics should treat Covid-19 as thrombosis, not pneumonia.
This claim has been going around the internet for the past week.
We’re extremely happy to be able to debunk this one.
The 26-minute video was viewed millions of times before social media giants took it down.
Members of the public have been warned about a text scam in recent days.
The picture shared in a Facebook post is real, but it is from July 2015.
A fake image on social media claims that media organisations and Fine Gael are calling for people to applaud the government tonight.
A letter claiming to be from Golf Union Ireland stated golf courses were set to reopen on 2 May.
A post shared on Facebook claims to show a party taking place in Dublin on 1 May, but the footage is older than that.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
A post on Facebook claims that the British army are to set up a ‘military camp’ at the site of the former Maze Prison.
The HSE said routine breathing tests and mobilising are more appropriate for Covid-19 patients than this method.
He did not say anything of the sort.
Posts speculating about the origin of the virus have been widely shared in recent weeks.
An image was widely shared on social media after file footage appeared on RTÉ news bulletins.
The false message originated in Australia but is being widely shared here.
FuJo Director Jane Suiter said that the “most significant shortcoming of empowering consumers” was labelling trustworthy content.
This image has been shared widely on WhatsApp recently.
A piece of misinformation being shared widely claims that a vaccine existed 19 years ago. This is untrue.
The US President says lots of things. But he didn’t say this.
A message circulating WhatsApp claims that the platform is going to start charging users from “Saturday morning”.
A post on Facebook claims there are no more deaths ‘than usual’ as a result of Covid-19.
The photo has been widely shared on social media and messaging services.