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Fake posts have spread widely online that appear to show British Prime Minister Keir Starmer giving the US 48 hours to remove its forces from UK bases if the US withdraws from NATO. jrnl.ie/6990590t

A post and graph shared widely on social media misleadingly suggests that up to 23% of young adults had identified as transgender. The chart is actually about the prevalence of bisexuality in women. jrnl.ie/6979815t

A video showing caskets draped in the flag of the United States being taken off a military plane has been shared widely online along with descriptions falsely indicating that it shows casualties from the conflict with Iran. jrnl.ie/6976982t

An explosion at a school in southern Iran has sparked arguments over who is to blame for the blast that is said to have killed more than 165 people, most of them children.

Old footage, clips from computer games, and AI-generated videos have swamped social media alongside captions which suggest that they show footage from ongoing events in the conflict between Iran and the US/Israel and their allies. jrnl.ie/6974899t

In the wake of an explosion at a school in Iran on Saturday, false claims that the Iranian government had admitted responsibilty were shared and seen by millions of people online. Here's what we know, and don't know, about what happened. jrnl.ie/6972038

An explosion at a school in Iran has sparked arguments over who is to blame for the blast that killed more than 165 people, most of them children. US, Israeli, and Iranian forces have been blamed. But some of the evidence presented has been misleading. jrnl.ie/6972038

Cadbury's has confirmed that it is not selling chocolate eggs to celebrate an Islamic holiday, after fake images of 'Eid eggs' were shared online in recent weeks. jrnl.ie/6968521

Fake images of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor have circulated online since the former British prince was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. jrnl.ie/6967151

Footage of the highs and lows from the Winter Olympics has been filling many people's social media feeds since the games kicked off in Italy in early February, but some of it is not real. jrnl.ie/6965799

FactCheck: Are more homes currently being built in Ireland than ever before? jrnl.ie/6961785t

Fianna Fáil senator Mary Fitzpatrick claimed this week that Ireland is experiencing record levels of house-building. Was she correct? jrnl.ie/6961785t

False claims have spread suggesting that a Republican congressman said uncensored documents in the Epstein files reveal the existence of prototypes for a superweapon belonging to the Israeli state. jrnl.ie/6963067t

A claim that 1% of the Indian population will move to Ireland under a “new EU open door to India policy” has been viewed online tens of thousands of times despite referring to a policy that does not exist. jrnl.ie/6961492

A map been shared online that purports to show the second-most-spoken language in each of Ireland's county council areas — with Irish being replaced by languages such as Polish. The map, however, is false. jrnl.ie/6960317

There are a number of AI-generated or altered images appearing to show Jeffrey Epstein alive in Israel, but they are fake. jrnl.ie/6956423

The mention of skateboarding legend Tony Hawk's name in a document contained in the latest release of files from investigations into Jeffrey Epstein led to numerous claims online that he got married on the sex offender's private island. He didn't. jrnl.ie/6953740

For the far right in Europe and beyond, one aspect of the deal represents a blueprint for an Indian “invasion” of the continent and confirmation that the racist ‘Great Replacement’ conspiracy theory reflects reality. jrnl.ie/6945439

False claims about Bono, Micheál Martin and Alan Shatter have been shared online following the latest release of documents from the Epstein files.

Some people have taken the opportunity to spread false allegations about notable figures in Irish public life, including U2 singer Bono, Taoiseach Micheál Martin and former justice minister Alan Shatter. jrnl.ie/6946548