Friday 2 December, 2022
Multiple false claims were levied against asylum seekers and Ukrainian refugees
Activists tried to film inside refugee accommodation
It can take 1,000 years for a metre of peat to form.
Tesla has been criticised over the mining needed to make their batteries.
The Taoiseach made this claim multiple times in the Dáil since 2021
Justin Trudeau helped spread the claim, but later deleted his tweet.
Piers Morgan’s claim is contradicted by numerous studies
While the ‘stark images’ are alarming, they depict something else.
As COP27 climate summit begins in Egypt, here are the facts on climate change.
DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has said the Protocol is responsible for delays to cardiac services.
Figures cited online range can vary by hundreds of thousands
A fake article by “W Brittan” called the Easter Rising an “unprovoked attack”.
Irish social media users shared a headline from a fake news site
Spurious claims were made by an Australian climate change denier
The claim was made by a housing charity after the budget was announced.
Putin claimed his invasion was to ‘de-nazify’ Ukraine
The videos posted on social media are not of the current situation on the border.
Claims on social media suggest that climate change is made up.
There were no Irish dancers at Buckingham Palace either.
Burke was sent to Mountjoy Prison this week.
An image containing the quote has gone viral on social media.
See how we’re fighting back with quality information every month – and what’s happening in the wider world of disinformation.
Covid sceptics are misinterpreting CSO data to make inaccurate claims.
Two Facebook posts said cows are “not the problem” compared to emitting activities like flying.
Social media users suggest that climate change has been exaggerated in recent weather reports.
The use of human shields breaches international human rights law.
An image featuring The Journal’s logo has been manipulated.
The article has been photoshopped and the claim is fake.
A viral post shared thousands of times during the heatwave warned against giving K9s ice, but is it true?
A number of politicians including the Taoiseach mentioned Irish beef and dairy’s carbon efficiency this week. But what does this mean?
Meath’s county town was promised a rail connection in 2005 but there’s still no delivery date.
Cities have successfully passed laws restricting Airbnb but it hasn’t always led to more houses and lower rents
The chimney stacks were hit by lightning yesterday, but this widely shared image has been doctored.
The claim was made by former Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis.
The claim was made by Cian O’Callaghan last week.
It might be painful but there is no evidence to support the claim.
The UN Refugee Agency said it never issued such a statement and it warned of the damage disinformation can do.
However, a local priest says an incident is being investigated by Church authorities.
