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Last year
2023
Explainer: What we learned about the Irish gender pay gap this week
FactCheck: Have 40,000 landlords really left Ireland's rental market in the past five years?
FactFind: What exactly do we know - and not know - about the Gaza hospital explosion
FactFind: What are the laws around asylum seekers being able to vote in Irish elections?
FactFind: What is contained in the proposed SPHE syllabus about sex and gender?
How much of a pay cut did Ryan Tubridy really take after 2020?
FactFind: What is the relationship between social inequality, drug use and drug-related harms?
FactFind: Is the EU 'forcing' people to eat 'unhealthy' insects without their knowledge?
FactFind: Does a new scientific review show masks are useless at stopping disease?
All time
FactFind: How much does it cost the State to train a doctor in Ireland?
FactFind: How many current TDs own houses that they rent out?
Debunked: Figures on Covid-19 deaths and underlying conditions have been taken out of context
Debunked: Yes, cows are a 'problem' when it comes to cutting greenhouse gas emissions
FactFind: Are Irish farmers the 'most carbon-efficient food producers in the world'?
FactFind: Is Navan the largest town in the country without a rail line?
FactFind: How have other countries regulated Airbnb and what happened when they did?
Explainer: What counts as EU funding and where does it go?
FactFind: Has the Irish Government done 'a lot more' than the UK to reduce the cost of living?
FactFind: Will planned turf regulations reduce air pollution?
FactFind: Less than 2% speak Irish daily. How does that compare with other EU minority languages?
FactFind: Labhraíonn níos lú ná 2% Gaeilge go laethúil - comparáid idir sin agus mion-teanga Eorpach eile
FactFind: Is the carbon tax on home heating oil an excise duty - and could it be cut?
FactFind: How can petrol and diesel be called 'carbon neutral'?
FactFind: Women are just over 50% of the population. Do they have 50% of jobs and economic power?
Factfind: Which countries produce the most CO2 emissions?
FactFind: Who's behind Instagram stickers promising to plant trees in return for pet photos?
FactFind: Is Ireland leading the EU vaccine race?
Government says working 'will never be the same again' - here's its plan for what it will look like
Always on: Ireland has no specific legislation on remote working - but do we lag far behind the rest of Europe?
FactFind: How could a border poll happen?
Factfind: Has Ireland experienced 'excess mortality' since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic?
Factfind: Does the WHO 'not recommend' using rapid Covid tests in schools, as Norma Foley claimed?
FactFind: Is the coronavirus 'partially seasonal', as the Tánaiste has claimed?
Factfind: Do we know the rate of travel transmission?
Factfind: What advice did NPHET give to Government around the closure of schools?
Factfind: Did the government actually follow NPHET's advice heading into December?
FactFind: Has Covid-19 impacted the overall number of deaths in Ireland this year?
FactFind: Have Covid-19 vaccines been tested among older age groups?
FactFind: Were self-harm and suicide statistics measured during the pandemic?
FactFind: Has the World Health Organisation changed its position on lockdowns?