{"id":1512,"date":"2026-04-24T13:25:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/?p=1512"},"modified":"2026-04-24T13:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:26:15","slug":"weekly-fact-checking-round-up-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/weekly-fact-checking-round-up-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Fact-Checking Round-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edmo.eu\/\">main EDMO website<\/a>. Here, we highlight recent fact-checks by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/factcheck\/news\/\">TheJournal FactCheck<\/a>\u00a0team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/debunked-factcheck-connolly-station-stabbing-misinformation-posobiec-american-7019035-Apr2026\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/debunked-factcheck-connolly-station-stabbing-misinformation-posobiec-american-7019035-Apr2026\/\">Debunked: Fringe commentator from US spreads false rumour of stabbing at Connolly Station<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A viral claim shared by a US-based commentator alleging a stabbing at Dublin\u2019s Connolly Station was found to be entirely false, with no evidence of such an incident occurring. Published: 21 April<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/scarlett-faulkner-family-7018859-Apr2026\/\">After deaths of Scarlett Faulkner and her brother, fake fundraising pages have been set up in their name<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Misleading fundraising appeals circulating online following a tragic incident were identified as fake, with warnings issued to the public about scam donation pages exploiting the situation. Published: 21 April<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/factcheck\/news\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/factcheck\/news\/\">FactFind: Was Leo Varadkar right about urban areas \u2018paying the bills\u2019 in Ireland<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Comments by Leo Varadkar about urban areas funding rural Ireland were examined, with the fact-check finding the claim contains elements of truth but lacks important context around taxation, public spending, and subsidies. Published: 23 April \u2013 by Shane Raymond<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u00a0main EDMO website. Here, we highlight recent fact-checks by\u00a0TheJournal FactCheck\u00a0team. Debunked: Fringe commentator from US spreads false rumour of stabbing at Connolly Station A viral claim shared by &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/weekly-fact-checking-round-up-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Weekly Fact-Checking Round-Up&#8221;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1502,"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-1512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pexels-hartonocreativestudio-20457108-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512","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=1512"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1514,"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512\/revisions\/1514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}