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As the Irish Presidental Election gets into gear, EDMO Ireland's fact checking partners at The Journal (@TJ_FactCheck) exams some of the claims surrounding two announced candidates.
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ALT 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.”
ALT FactFind: What happened when Mairead McGuinness voted against EU refugee rescue missions in 2019? McGuinness and her fellow Fine Gael MEPs faced heavy criticism from opposition politicians at the time.
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FactFind: What do we know about Catherine Connolly's visit to Syria in 2018? (via @thejournal_ie) jrnl.ie/6764427
Good examination of it here by my colleague Shane Raymond.
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Presidential hopeful Catherine Connolly travelled to Syria in 2018, though facts about the trip have been scant.
Why did she travel there, and what exactly has she said about it? @TJ_FactCheck takes a look
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Do schemes for first-time buyers cause house price inflation? Is homeownership at its lowest point in 50 years? How much does the Government rely on private developers to build homes?
@TJ_FactCheck looks at four claims from the #RTEUpfront housing debate
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A picture of figures in religious vestments standing before a goat-like deity is being shared online.
Versions of the picture appear to show priests in a cathedral-type setting in front of a representation of Baphomet, an icon associated with Satanism.
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Dairy alternatives will come under VAT laws from next year - which has led to concerns that they'll soon become more expensive.
But the proposal is to give drinks like oat milk a legal standing, rather than to tax them.
Read more from @TJ_FactCheck:
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The Dept of Education has said that secondary students won't be encouraged to watch pornography as part of SPHE classes.
It comes after a viral YouTube video featuring a 'whistleblower' claimed to shine a light on "disturbing" aspects of SPHE.
Read more:
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Today we are launching The Journal Investigates - our new home for groundbreaking investigative journalism
Building on the award-winning work of Noteworthy, our new venture is dedicated to lifting the lid on how Ireland works:
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We're looking for a freelancer to help out our fact-checking team over the next few months. We want a smart, fluent writer with an eye for detail and an interest in Irish politics.
Interested? Send your CV and examples of your work to [email protected].
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Over the weekend, reports suggested that Ireland had ten times more illegal citizens per capita last year than the EU average.
However, the claim was based on a misplaced decimal point in figures compiled by the statistics agency Eurostat.
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In a strange and distorted American accent, an AI Michael O'Leary appears to offer riches to "every ree-side-dent of Ear-land"
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Debunked: Deepfaked Michael O’Leary appears in scam ad pushing financial platform ‘Ryan Chain’
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Debunked: Image of Garda standoff shared after Newtownmountkennedy protests is AI-generated
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Debunked: The Ukraine Credit Guarantee Scheme is not closed to Irish businesses. It's for them.
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Debunked: Posts ‘as Gaeilge’ among more than 100 scam ads featuring presenter Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh
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Debunked: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy did not buy a British Royal residence
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Debunked: Nazis falsely identified as members of Ursula von der Leyen’s family
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Debunked: No, the European Union has not told Ireland to delay a general election
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FactCheck: Are psychiatric patients in Canada given leaflets for assisted dying when they go to A&E?
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Debunked: Posts advertising free online further education certificate courses are a scam
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Debunked: Fake frame from Simpsons episode used to say show predicted Baltimore bridge disaster
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