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FactCheck

Last week
31st August 2025 - 6th September 2025
Debunked: Yes, the Irish tricolour is flown above other flags at Government Buildings
Debunked: A viral image appearing to show UK 'patriots' waving British flags is AI-generated
Last month
August 2025
Debunked: Irish Presidents cannot call referendums, despite Conor McGregor’s pledges
Debunked: Misleading post claims the media is covering up a surge in young girls going missing
FactFind: What is the Disability Green Paper haunting Heather Humphreys’ presidential run?
Debunked: Asylum seekers are not exempt from income tax for a year after they are allowed to work
Debunked: Viral video of Trump berating the Irish government over immigration is fabricated
Debunked: Irish influencer’s video peddles baseless claims about immigration and crime in Sweden
Debunked: No, the Premier League has not banned players from wearing rainbow-coloured bootlaces
Debunked: No, the Premier League has not banned players from wearing rainbow-coloured bootlaces
Debunked: Fox News claims about an Irish crime wave are based on discredited claims and bad stats
Debunked: Old video of a Belgian mosque claims to show “what they’re teaching kids now in school”
July
July 2025
Debunked: How misinformation spread within minutes of a garda being stabbed on Capel Street
How Israeli disinformation is attempting - and failing - to mask the starvation in Gaza
Debunked: No evidence of conspiracy theorists' claim about Bill Gates microchipping babies
Debunked: A new sculpture in Drogheda does not signal an Islamic takeover of Ireland
Debunked: False accusations against victim of Tallaght attack viewed more than a million times
Debunked: Proposed building plans in Tallaght suburb are not for an IPAS centre
FactCheck: Are families really spending €3,000 more a year on groceries than they were in 2021?
Opposition TDs have rounded on the government over the spiralling cost of living.
As part of their criticism, the €3,000 claim has been made 18 times in the Dáil in the past few weeks.
Debunked: Amid reports of a cryptic Trump-Epstein letter, misinformation muddies the waters
Does a litre of milk cost more than a litre of petrol, as Mary Lou McDonald claimed?
Debunked: Meme image of Hillary Clinton calling Conor McGregor ‘future president’ is a spoof
FactFind: What happened when Mairead McGuinness voted against EU refugee rescue missions in 2019?
FactFind: What do we know about Catherine Connolly's visit to Syria in 2018?
Connolly says she did not “utter one word of support for Assad.”
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.
Debunked: The most popular baby name for boys in Galway is.. not Muhammad
Irish anti-immigrant groups finding 'common ground' with NI loyalists and UK neo-Nazi networks
Debunked: Fatal floods in Texas spark false claims of weather manipulation amid political blame
June
June 2025
Debunked: Scam post claiming that Irish customers can get €2 backpacks from Decathlon
Debunked: A viral image of Iranian missiles raining down on Tel Aviv is AI-generated
Debunked: A fake quote claims that Paul Murphy complained he was 'misgendered' Egyptian police
Debunked: No, an Israeli pilot called Sarah Ahronot has not been captured in Iran
Debunked: Viral video of a meat pile does not show the results of shoplifting in Ireland
FactCheck: How does Ireland’s new system for organ donation work?
Parts of The Human Tissue Act are coming into effect today.
How Israel's attack on Iran quickly changed the tune of recently critical allies in Europe
Debunked: A study into music's effect on cells doesn't show Beethoven's 5th can 'fight cancer'
Debunked: No, the majority of Irish people are not 'dissatisfied' with the EU’s direction
Debunked: Yes, the new mayor of Rotherham Rukhsana Ismail is from England and can speak English
Debunked: Chinese aircraft flying over the pyramids in Egypt were not delivering aid to Gaza
Deepfakes of the pope are racking up millions of views on Youtube and Tiktok