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Fact-checking gathers steam in Ireland ahead of the general election

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17 February 2016

Alexios Mantzarlis, head of the Poynter Institute's International Fact-Checking Network, reviews Irish efforts to fact-check the general election including work by TheJournal.ie, Prime Time and DCU's Niamh Kirk. Read the full article.

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