Through the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO), the EU supports a European network of fact-checkers, including TheJournal in Ireland. For a monthly roundup of European fact-checks, visit the main EDMO website. Here, we highlight recent fact-checks by TheJournal FactCheck team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Old footage and incorrect hot takes fuelling misinformation around protests<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Published: 10 April \u2013 by Shane Raymond<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Images from unrelated events\u2014including the Coolock riots, footage from abroad, and AI-generated visuals\u2014have been falsely linked to Ireland\u2019s fuel protests, contributing to widespread misinformation and confusion online. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Garda\u00ed aware of fake document shared on social media purporting to be \u2018operational directive\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Published: 11 April \u2013 by Mairead McGuire<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A fabricated document claiming to outline internal instructions for An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na response to fuel protests circulated widely online, but authorities confirmed it is entirely fake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n FactCheck: Do golf clubs apply for sports capital funding at three times the rate of boxing clubs?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Published: 12 April<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Claims that golf clubs apply for significantly more state funding than boxing clubs are broadly accurate, though the disparity is influenced by factors such as land ownership and eligibility criteria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Debunked: The PSNI was not involved with breaking up fuel protests in Cork, Galway or Dublin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Published: 14 April<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Online rumours alleging that Police Service of Northern Ireland officers were deployed during Irish fuel protests are false, with no evidence supporting claims of cross-border policing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Debunked: Miche\u00e1l Martin was not attending his daughter\u2019s wedding while protesters faced off with Garda\u00ed<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Published: 14 April<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Viral claims that Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin attended his daughter\u2019s wedding during protest unrest are untrue; he was instead engaged in government meetings, though he briefly attended a relative\u2019s reception. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Explore the latest fact-checks: https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/factcheck\/news\/ <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Through the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO), the EU supports a European network of fact-checkers, including TheJournal in Ireland. For a monthly roundup of European fact-checks, visit the main EDMO website. Here, we highlight recent fact-checks by TheJournal FactCheck team. Old footage and incorrect hot takes fuelling misinformation around protests Published: 10 April \u2013 by … Read More “Weekly Fact-Checking Round-Up”<\/span> »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"twitterCardType":"","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1495"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1497,"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1495\/revisions\/1497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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