{"id":1526,"date":"2026-05-08T10:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/?p=1526"},"modified":"2026-10-15T16:19:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T16:19:25","slug":"weekly-fact-checking-round-up-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/weekly-fact-checking-round-up-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly factchecking round-up: 1-7 May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO), the EU supports a European network of factcheckers, including TheJournal in Ireland. For a monthly roundup of European factchecks, visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/edmo.eu\/\">main EDMO website<\/a>. Here, we highlight recent pieces by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/factcheck\/news\/\">TheJournal FactCheck<\/a>&nbsp;team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/ukrainians-ireland-unemployement-rate-90-percent-workers-national-misinformation-7031572-May2026\/\">Debunked: No, nine out of ten Ukrainians in Ireland are not unemployed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Published: 5 May \u2013 by Shane Raymond<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Claims circulating online that 90% of Ukrainians living in Ireland are unemployed are false. The figures being shared misrepresent official employment data and omit important context around workforce participation and eligibility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/ivermectin-unproven-cure-for-cancer-covid-19-joe-rogan-cancer-research-mel-gibson-donald-trump-7032860-May2026\/\">Debunked: Ivermectin is not a proven cure for cancer, despite claims by famous figures in the US<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Published: 7 May \u2013 by Shane Raymond<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Online claims promoting Ivermectin as a proven cure for cancer are not supported by scientific evidence. The fact-check examines how misleading health claims spread online and warns against relying on unverified medical advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO), the EU supports a European network of factcheckers, including TheJournal in Ireland. For a monthly roundup of European factchecks, visit the&nbsp;main EDMO website. Here, we highlight recent pieces by&nbsp;TheJournal FactCheck&nbsp;team. Debunked: No, nine out of ten Ukrainians in Ireland are not unemployed Published: 5 May \u2013 by Shane &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/weekly-fact-checking-round-up-4\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Weekly factchecking round-up: 1-7 May 2026&#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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[27,28,44,54],"class_list":["post-1526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-factchecks","tag-disinformation","tag-fact-checking","tag-misinformation","tag-thejournal"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pexels-hartonocreativestudio-20457108-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526","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=1526"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2002,"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526\/revisions\/2002"}],"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=1526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmohub.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}