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FactCheck: Were refugees and asylum seekers segregated by race in a Dublin processing centre?
FactCheck: Did the EU ban crown symbols from appearing on pint glasses in the UK?
FactCheck: Is 10% of Ireland's healthcare budget spent on diabetes?
FactFind: Will planned turf regulations reduce air pollution?
The war on misinformation: What counts as a win?
Can people be 'inoculated' against false news?
FactCheck: Is this a photo of Dynamo Kyiv players armed in military gear?
Are we winning the fight against misinformation?
Debunked: These are not celebrity reactions to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars
How Russia is using fake fact-checks to spread disinformation about Ukraine
FactFind: Is the carbon tax on home heating oil an excise duty - and could it be cut?
The Journal FactCheck joins Irish alliance to detect and respond to disinformation
Debunked: No, this is not an 8-year-old Ukrainian girl confronting a Russian soldier.
Debunked: No, these are not photos of the President and First Lady of Ukraine fighting on the front line
FactCheck: Is this footage of the famed Ghost of Kyiv?
Debunk: No, this isn't a photo of Meryl Streep after a director said she was 'too ugly' for a role
FactFind: How can petrol and diesel be called 'carbon neutral'?
FactCheck newsletter: Russia is fighting an 'Information War' - and it has spread to Ireland
FactCheck: Sign up to The Journal's monthly newsletter about misinformation trends
Disinformation, Ukraine and the war of words on social media
FactCheck: Has Sinn Féin objected to the construction of 6,000 houses?
FactCheck: A claim that Covid -19 vaccines don’t stop transmission of the virus is misleading
FactCheck: Is the Protocol costing Northern Ireland's economy £2.5 million every day?
FactCheck: Was a Fine Gael junior minister right to say one in four SHDs are subject to judicial review?
Debunked: No, this photo of a ship in the Antarctic does not prove that the Earth is flat
Debunked: No, the CDC is not selling $4.6 billion worth of vaccines each year
Debunked: No, mask mandates are not a 'war crime' that break the Nuremberg Code
FactCheck: Did a study say anyone who's had a cold is sufficiently protected against Covid-19?
Debunked: No, this politician didn't fake his Covid vaccine booster
An open letter to YouTube’s CEO from the world’s fact-checkers
Factcheckers send open letter to YouTube over 'destructive' misinformation on the platform
FactCheck: Will Minimum Unit Pricing on alcohol lead to an increase in drug use?
FactCheck: This Irish video about masks is incorrect to claim they do not work against Covid-19
Factcheck: Did Bill Gates create an 'Omicron' video game in 1999?
FactCheck: Does this Dublin video prove masks increase carbon dioxide to dangerous levels?
FactCheck: No, the Australian Army didn't forcibly vaccinate Indigenous Australians
Debunk: How did Omicron get to Australia if no one is allowed in or out?
Debunked: No, 80% of Covid deaths during October were not in fully vaccinated people
FactCheck: No, Conor McGregor wasn't correct to say vaccines 'have not worked' to stop Covid-19
Debunked: No, this US scientist has never been nominated for a Time Person of the Year