Shane Raymond

1 week ago | thejournal.ie | Shane Raymond

A VIDEO SHOWING a large pile of meat cuts has been shared online, with descriptions falsely implying it shows the results of Romanians shoplifting in Ireland. However, there is no evidence for either the video showing the results of shoplifting, or for the video being filmed in Ireland. The TikTok account that initially posted the video also posted footage the same day that is verified to have been filmed in Germany.

1 week ago | thejournal.ie | Shane Raymond

UEFA HAVE ANNOUNCED that Shamrock Rovers will take Drogheda United’s place in the second-round Conference League draw following the decision to expel Drogheda from the competition. The FAI Cup champions lost an appeal with the Court for Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday after the club was previously notified of its expulsion from the Conference League. The decision is based on multi-club ownership rules.

1 week ago | thejournal.ie | Shane Raymond

A SPURIOUS CLAIM that music can be used to fight cancer has repeatedly gone viral online over the course of more than a decade. There have been real studies on the effects of sound and music on cancer. However, the viral posts vastly overstate the findings, including adding fictional details unsupported by studies. “Music might do more than move our souls—it could help fight cancer,” one 8 June Facebook post read.

2 weeks ago | thejournal.ie | Christina Finn |Shane Raymond

RESCUE TEAMS WITH sniffer dogs combed the crash site today of the London-bound passenger jet which ploughed into a residential area of India’s Ahmedabad city, killing at least 265 people on board and on the ground. One man aboard the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner – carrying 242 passengers and crew – miraculously survived yesterday’s fiery crash, which left the tailpiece of the aircraft jutting out of the second floor of a hostel for medical staff from a nearby hospital.

2 weeks ago | thejournal.ie | Christina Finn |Shane Raymond

PSNI OFFICERS CAME under attack for a fourth consecutive night in Northern Ireland as disorder spread through multiple towns on Thursday. Missiles were thrown at officers after a protest in Portadown yesterday, continuing a trend that was sparked earlier in the week in Ballymena. It came after Northern Ireland’s police chief warned “bigots and racists” behind earlier nights of unrest in the region that his officers will be coming after them.