Sunday 1 August, 2021
Legal experts said the claim is a complete misrepresentation of the law.
A tweet by the Taoiseach lacked some context on exactly how well Ireland is performing.
An “error” led to around 160 students receiving the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine,.
The claim has circulated widely on social media in recent weeks.
The claim has been shared on Facebook.
An independent TD claimed that the official vaccine figures refer to the number of appointments made rather than doses administered.
The claim has been shared widely online.
Claims which rely on the EudraVigilance and VAERS databases are often misleading.
The claim was first made last Friday. The Journal FactCheck finds it to be true.
A social media claim is wrongly saying that sunglasses are harmful.
A leaflet by Anti-Corruption Ireland contains a list of false statements about masks and their effectiveness.
A video shared online claimed that because antibodies produced as a result of the vaccine are in the blood, they don’t protect against Covid infection. This is false.
Vaccines are being rolled out on a prison-by-prison basis and jabs are administered by National Ambulance Service staff.
Mike Yeadon is regularly cited by anti-lockdown groups.
Different versions of the message have appeared in recent days.
The claims about insurance cover were included in a video on Dolores Cahill’s Facebook page.
All four vaccines approved for use in Ireland have been tested on animals as well as humans.
The claims have been made in recent weeks.
A recent article in the Westmeath Topic, which was reshared by other users on social media, suggested that this information is being hidden.
The misleading article was widely shared on social media before it was removed by Gript.
The annual fundraiser by Pieta House is going ahead this weekend, despite anti-lockdown activists announcing an alternative event for that date.
Black people are fatally shot by US police at a higher rate than white people relative to their proportion of the population.
The post has been seen more than 20,000 times on Facebook.
O’Neill has said he will take any vaccine offered to him – when he is eligible for one.
From WhatsApp messages to conspiracy theories, we explore how misinformation has evolved over the last 12 months.
The claim was circulated on WhatsApp, Twitter and Facebook this week.
Leo Varadkar was talking about the Zero Covid strategy and mandatory hotel quarantine.
A lot of studies are being carried out into whether the anti-parasitic drug could be used to treat Covid-19.
Several posts on social media have tried to play down the need for lockdowns by pointing to excess deaths.
The HSE is still working through the first four cohorts in the sequencing list.
The leaflet was produced by Renua, the Irish Freedom Party and Direct Democracy Ireland.
Unions have called for regular rapid testing as part of the re-opening of schools next month.
A false flyer advertising a pro-lockdown rally has been incorrectly attributed to People Before Profit and Le Chéile.
A social media post has drawn incorrect conclusions to suggest that Covid-19 vaccines are ineffective.
Social media posts have falsely described a photo from Romania in 2017 as a recent anti-restrictions protest.
A photo of mountain with unusual clouds above it has been mistakenly labelled as Mount Errigal in Donegal.
Messages flashed on an LED display beside roads are spreading misinformation about Covid-19.
A post on Facebook suggests that the broadcaster received money from a number of international groups.
