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As teacher's began industrial action last week, the leader of INTO claimed that Irish primary school teachers spend more time working with pupils than anywhere else in the world. What does the data say? jrnl.ie/7191615
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A graph shared widely online with the claim it showed a drastic reduction in online activity related to a far-right German political party, following the bombing of Russian data centres last week, is not authentic. jrnl.ie/7195395
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A video of a Nigerian woman eating food has been shared widely, along with claims that wrongly suggest she is an asylum seeker living off the government. The video is a piece of satire, made by a woman in response to racist assumptions about her. jrnl.ie/7188399
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The death of a woman who worked at a Russian laboratory where plague is studied has led to rampant speculation and conspiracist claims online. One conspiracy theory attempts to link the development of a vaccine in Israel to the woman's death. jrnl.ie/7187938
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One claim shared on X, and seen hundreds of thousands of times, is that the incident was a joint Indian-Israeli intelligence operation conducted with the aim of putting the blame on Iran. jrnl.ie/7180572
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Ongoing tensions over a proposed Orange Order march in Portadown, Co Armagh, have led to misinformation online. This includes claims by fringe commentators that the march was a purposeful tactic to stop people talking about immigration. jrnl.ie/7178008
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Michelle O’Neill’s presence at the Garvaghy Road protest has prompted the leader of the DUP to condemn her for allegedly breaking the law — an accusation that could threaten their shaky Stormont power-sharing arrangement. jrnl.ie/7177106t
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Multiple social media posts are congratulating a Danish "anti-Islamic migration" political party on gains made during the 21 September election. The only problem? Denmark hasn’t had an election since March. jrnl.ie/7170457
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False claims that the public is being “left in the dark” about rapes and sexual assaults due to the government creating new laws that enforce “media blackouts” have spread online. jrnl.ie/7164610
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Donald Trump made a series of claims during his Ireland visit - about Irish pharma firms, investment in the US, diesel shortages and $5,000 payments to Americans. We examined the evidence behind each jrnl.ie/7162249t
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Videos that purportedly show Mark Zuckerberg saying that water will run out in the following year, killing humanity, are AI-generated fakes. jrnl.ie/7162606
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Pictures that appear to show the deceased child trafficker Jeffrey Epstein speaking to the President of the European Commission are AI-generated. jrnl.ie/7152731
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A video of an airsoft rifle taken outside a takeaway in a Tallaght industrial estate became the basis for false claims about foreigners “coming over here to kill us”. jrnl.ie/7149897
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Posts spread online falsely claim that the United Kingdom will be accommodating thousands of migrants who stormed the borders of a Spanish enclave in North Africa last month. jrnl.ie/7143854
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