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Claims by an anti-immigration activist that Letterkenny is “getting a fourth mosque” are false. jrnl.ie/7210167

New images created by AI image generators appear to show the now-deceased sex predator Jeffrey Epstein with the pop singer Beyoncé and US President Donald Trump. There are documented links between Trump and Epstein. However these new images are fake. jrnl.ie/7209299

False claims Ukrainian president Zelenskyy has an outrageous personal fortune including millions in monthly income and a mansion in Florida have recirculated as allies discuss plans to give aid to Ukraine amid Russia's ongoing military invasion. jrnl.ie/7208001

Jim O’Callaghan deepened the row over legal aid reform this week when he suggested that only rape cases were deliberately in the Central Criminal Court on Monday. But what does the available evidence tell us about the cases affected? thejournal.ie/factcheck-rape…

Updated projections for the impact of climate change have prompted the fake story that the United Nations has “admitted” that climate change is a hoax. jrnl.ie/7201704

A woman banned by Australian authorities from giving health advice encouraged cancer sufferers to spurn chemotherapy at an alternative medicine event held near Drogheda last Thursday. jrnl.ie/7195606

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

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

Public sector unions say their workers' pay has not matched inflation in recent years, but the government has claimed otherwise. Who is right? jrnl.ie/7190690t

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

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

FactCheck: Three claims from opposition TDs who criticised this year's budget jrnl.ie/7184533t

A Facebook group promoting the harvesting of peat as fuel to burn has made misleading claims implying turf is environmentally friendly. jrnl.ie/7180890

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

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

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

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

Claims that a group of foreign men were arrested at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin City for “waving a gun around” are false. jrnl.ie/7168866

Posts falsely claim that billionaire philanthropist George Soros was a Nazi and that he “owns” Antifa. jrnl.ie/7164108

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