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5 days ago |
thejournal.ie | Shane Raymond
AS THE NATIONS of India and Pakistan continue to clash, fake stories of bombings, deaths, and protests that didn’t happen have spread on social media. The death toll from India and Pakistan’s biggest skirmishes in decades passed 50 today, with each country accusing the other of sending waves of drone attacks to each other.
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6 days ago |
thejournal.ie | Shane Raymond
A SCHOOL IN Sligo town that issued a warning about men approaching children has since said that there was “no safety concern”. An Garda Síochána also said that social media posts about an “inappropriate approach” towards children in Sligo are”fake news”. Copies of the school’s original warning have remained online, despite the school itself withdrawing the warning.
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1 week ago |
thejournal.ie | Shane Raymond
A VIDEO THAT appears to feature the Canadian Prime Minister announcing a range of restrictions on cars is fake. The footage appears to show the recently elected leader of Canada Mark Carney saying that all cars made before 2000 will be gradually “phased off Canadian roads due to safety and emission standards”. In the footage, Carney also appeared to announce bans on window tints and “lifted” trucks that have been modified to sit higher off the road.
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1 week ago |
thejournal.ie | Shane Raymond
A 2023 SCHEME to help Ukrainians in Ireland without transport links has been falsely described by a TD as having spent €1.6 million to buy eight cars — or €200,000 per car. This figure is false, and more than five times the actual amount spent to buy those vehicles. The exaggerated figure, as well as another dubious claim about the cost of drivers in the scheme, was shared by TD for Cork North-Central Ken O’Flynn in a series of social media posts.
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2 weeks ago |
thejournal.ie | Shane Raymond
A QUOTE ABOUT New York being “overwhelmed” with Irish immigrants in the 1850s has spread around the internet, with many noting the parallels that it shows between discussions about immigrants both now and during the 19th Century. The quote, which is credited as being an excerpt from an issue of the New York Times in 1854, is usually written like this:People sharing the quote have said that it foreshadows modern conversations on immigration, both in the United States and in Ireland.
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