#debunked
Debunked: No, "COV 19" was not found inscribed on a circuit board for a 5G mast
The claim was made in a video that has gone viral on social media.
Debunked: No, leaving hand sanitiser in your car during hot weather won’t cause it to catch fire
False claims on Facebook suggests the flammable liquid poses a threat if left in a hot car.
Debunked: No, Italy hasn't discovered that Covid-19 is a bacterium rather than a virus
The Covid-19 disease is caused by a virus, not bacteria.
Debunked: No, some Penneys stores are not reopening on a trial basis this week
It appears as though misinformation about Penneys reopening is being deliberately shared in a bid to dupe people.
Debunked: No, Anthony Fauci did not say a Covid-19 vaccine must be delivered to people without 'proper studies'
Fauci has been falsely quoted on a number of social media posts.
Debunked: Do European air travel guidelines show there is no need to quarantine visitors from overseas?
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary made a number of claims about Covid-19 and air travel on radio this week.
Debunked: No, Bill Gates didn't brief the CIA in 2005 about a vaccine to immunise religious fanatics
The hoax video shows a man who has a passing resemblance to Gates – but it’s a hoax.
Debunked: No, Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, Anthony Fauci and the WHO are not being charged with genocide
The false message being shared on Facebook claims they are due to appear before a human rights tribunal next week.
Debunked: No, Italy does not want to charge Bill Gates with crimes against humanity
The claim has its origins in a speech made by Sara Cunial, a member of the Italian Parliament.
Debunked: No, Donald Trump did not say he'd run as a Republican because of their 'dumb voters'
A commonly-shared image purporting to be from a 1998 interview with People Magazine is a fake.
Debunked: No, the world has not been wrongly treating Covid-19 as pneumonia
A post on Facebook claims that medics should treat Covid-19 as thrombosis, not pneumonia.
Debunked: No, the 'survival rate' for Covid-19 is not above 99.9%
This claim has been going around the internet for the past week.
FactFind: Here is how Covid-19 deaths are counted in Ireland
In some widely shared posts on social media, people have claimed that deaths are incorrectly being put down to the virus.
Debunked: No, TheJournal.ie is not closing down
We’re extremely happy to be able to debunk this one.
Debunked: The viral video Plandemic makes a series of false claims about Covid-19
The 26-minute video was viewed millions of times before social media giants took it down.
Debunked: No, the government hasn't issued a €350 payment to everyone in the country
Members of the public have been warned about a text scam in recent days.
Debunked: No, a Nazi flag was not flown in Belfast on VE day
The picture shared in a Facebook post is real, but it is from July 2015.
Debunked: TheJournal.ie and other outlets are not organising a 'clap for our government' tonight
A fake image on social media claims that media organisations and Fine Gael are calling for people to applaud the government tonight.
Debunked: No, Ireland's golf courses did not reopen on Saturday
A letter claiming to be from Golf Union Ireland stated golf courses were set to reopen on 2 May.
Debunked: No, this video does not show people having a 'street party' in Dublin last week
A post shared on Facebook claims to show a party taking place in Dublin on 1 May, but the footage is older than that.
Debunked: Sorry, that 'announcement ' from Penneys saying it's reopening on 8 June is fake
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
Debunked: No, the British army is not setting up a 'military camp' at Long Kesh prison
A post on Facebook claims that the British army are to set up a ‘military camp’ at the site of the former Maze Prison.
Debunked: No, postural drainage is not an 'easy' way to treat Covid-19 pneumonia
The HSE said routine breathing tests and mobilising are more appropriate for Covid-19 patients than this method.
Debunked: No, a Japanese Nobel Prize winner did not say the coronavirus was man-made
He did not say anything of the sort.
Debunked: No, researchers did not 'invent' the coronavirus in 2015
Posts speculating about the origin of the virus have been widely shared in recent weeks.
Debunked: No, this footage does not show NPHET members ignoring social distancing
An image was widely shared on social media after file footage appeared on RTÉ news bulletins.
Debunked: No, this message from a Covid-19 app asking why a person is 20km from home is not real
The false message originated in Australia but is being widely shared here.
Debunked: No, this image does not show an official government announcement about the lifting of restrictions
This image has been shared widely on WhatsApp recently.
Debunked: No, there wasn't a vaccine for Covid-19 back in 2001
A piece of misinformation being shared widely claims that a vaccine existed 19 years ago. This is untrue.
Debunked: No, Donald Trump didn't tweet he'd 'never let thousands die' in a pandemic back in 2009
The US President says lots of things. But he didn’t say this.
Debunked: No, WhatsApp isn't about to start charging users to send messages
A message circulating WhatsApp claims that the platform is going to start charging users from “Saturday morning”.
Debunked: Is 2020 really a 'normal' year for deaths from respiratory illnesses?
A post on Facebook claims there are no more deaths ‘than usual’ as a result of Covid-19.
Debunked: No, this is not a picture of Bulgarian workers outside a supermarket in Dublin this week
The photo has been widely shared on social media and messaging services.
Debunked: No, Queen Elizabeth's coronavirus speech was not recorded on 5 March
A post on Facebook claiming that Queen Elizabeth’s speech regarding the coronavirus outbreak is untrue.
Debunked: There's no evidence that criminals are dousing facemasks with chemicals so they can rob people
The false message has been shared across Facebook and WhatsApp in Ireland and other countries.
Debunked: No, this isn't a 'tentative' list of dates the government might start letting things reopen
This message has been circulating today in WhatsApp Groups – the Chief Medical Officer says “no such list exists” right now.
Debunked: No, watered-down mouthwash is not an effective substitute for hand sanitiser
It is also not an effective surface disinfectant.
Debunked: No, there is not enough evidence that a malaria drug and an antibiotic can lead to a quick recovery from Covid-19
Donald Trump has said this combination could be “one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine”.
Debunked: This message advising people to 'get tested' is not from the HSE's contact tracing team
Recipients are advised not to click on the link attached to the message.
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