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Tech

FactCheck

Debunked: Fake video of children learning Islamic prayer in school shared millions of times

9 hrs ago

8.3k

Yesterday

13th November 2025

FactCheck

Debunked: A real explosion in Kerry was followed by fake footage that claimed to show it happening

13 Nov

4.9k

This week

9th November 2025 - 14th November 2025

FactCheck

FactCheck: Does Ireland produce less energy from wind now than it did 20 years ago?

10 Nov

8.7k

Last week

2nd November 2025 - 8th November 2025

Sponsored

From sparkling afternoon tea to luxurious city stays, celebrate Christmas the Conrad way

under the sea

Amazon to build transatlantic subsea cables connecting Cork to Maryland

4 Nov

17.8k

44

Last month

October 2025

23m

FactCheck

Convincing AI-generated videos and images are flooding social media ahead of the election

22 Oct

13.5k

a star is coded

Opinion: Hollywood agencies want to represent the first AI 'actress'. Film audiences must push back

Niamh O'Reilly

4 Oct

6.3k

12

Sponsored

Ireland’s gas network is transitioning to carry clean renewable gas

This year

2025

6 january

YouTube to pay Trump $22m settlement for suspending his account

30 Sep

8.2k

Religion

Opinion: Christianity is having a resurgence on social media - but what's driving it?

Andrea Horan

23 Sep

8.5k

22m

financial services union

Union takes its fight against Bank of Ireland's return-to-office policy to the WRC

20 Aug

25.4k

72

Sponsored

How to keep your home safe against storms this winter

Dundrum

Dubliners concerned new drone deliveries will disrupt funerals

Updated 20 Aug

21.3k

54

online hack

M&S offers discount to Irish shoppers as online orders remain unavailable after April cyberattack

18 Aug

54.2k

3

FactCheck

Debunked: Viral video of Trump berating the Irish government over immigration is fabricated

16 Aug

11.8k

jigs and reels

Has Irish dancing's global success really helped the scene back at home?

16 Aug

6.4k

16

openai

OpenAI releases new ChatGPT version with 'PhD level' expertise, but it can't spell 'blueberry'

8 Aug

8.5k

17

tell me more

Q&A: What we know (and don't know) about the EU-US tariff deal

Updated 29 Jul

16.3k

80

Real-time texts

Project launched to test new tech that sends text messages as they are typed

28 Jul

10.8k

11

hybrid working

Workers at AIB told to return to office for three days per week

23 Jul

43.7k

79

InvestigatesHikvision cctv

Thousands of controversial Chinese surveillance cameras installed in public places across Ireland

The Journal Investigates reveals Hikvision is used by councils, hospitals and universities despite bans in other countries.

Most councils use the red-flagged surveillance systems

Devices are installed in courthouses, maternity hospitals and swimming pools

No official Irish advice against using the cameras linked to human rights abuses

Patricia Devlin

23 Jul

87.6k

82

FactCheck

Debunked: Deepfakes of Brendan Gleeson, Luke O’Neill, and Sharon Tobin appear in hoax medicine ads

The AI-generated celebs tout a miracle cure which they claim has been banned in Ireland.

Shane Raymond

16 Jul

16.6k

High Court

TikTok given permission to challenge €530m fine over data transfers to China

14 Jul

5.2k

fresh probe

TikTok under investigation over claims it misled Ireland's data regulator

10 Jul

3.4k

grok

Elon Musk's AI chatbot made antisemitic and pro-Hitler remarks (and then deleted them)

9 Jul

9.0k

FactCheck

Debunked: Fatal floods in Texas spark false claims of weather manipulation amid political blame

8 Jul

5.1k

Australia

Six million passengers' private information breached in cyberattack, Aussie airline Qantas says

2 Jul

6.0k

10

37m

22m

FactCheck

Debunked: Video of Dublin used in false claim about ‘massacre’ on day of Carlow shooting

5 Jun

9.9k

Quiz

Quiz: Can you name these billionaires?

2 Jun

31.5k

21

ciaran mullooly

Irish MEP used AI to write open letter about Gaza which quoted Swedish House Mafia

29 May

63.2k

FactCheck

Community Notes vanishes from X feeds, raising 'serious questions' amid ongoing EU probe

28 May

9.0k

FactCheck

Debunked: How misinformation swirled about the Liverpool car ramming despite police efforts

27 May

13.4k

Lobbying

Meta warned minister that €200m EU fine last month would harm Irish businesses and consumers

21 May

10.0k

26

Microsoft

Microsoft cutting almost 3% of global workforce

13 May

14.6k

55

FactCheck

An old Trump video, re-used Gaza footage, and other fake news from the India-Pakistan conflict

9 May

5.8k

FactCheck

Debunked: Deepfake video appears to show Canadian Prime Minister announcing ban on old cars

7 May

27.1k

open for science

Europe seeks to attract US-based scientists with new €500m support package

5 May

10.5k

46

Job Cuts

Explainer: Why is Intel in trouble and what happens next?

29 Apr

11.1k

23

European Commission

Apple and Meta slapped with combined €700m fine for breaching app store and advert rules

23 Apr

10.3k

25

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