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FactCheck: Are there only 16,000 'natural' Irish speakers?

The claim was made by Ivan Yates last week.

Ireland , Meath , Donegal , Irish , Ivan-yates , Brian-dowling , Central-statistics-office , International-fact , Checking-network-code-of-principles , Sixo-clock-show , Fine-gael , Virgin-media

Welfare payments, immigration and throuples: The false claims being made about the March referendums

Voters will go to the polls in the two referendums a month from today.

Ireland , Afghanistan , Afghan , Irish , Laura-cahillane , Roderic-ogorman , Michael-mcnamara , Free-legal-aid-centre , Citizen-assembly-on-gender-equality , Supreme-court , Citizen-assembly , Constitutional-convention

From opposite sides of the Israel-Hamas war, a hunt for elusive facts

The Israel-Hamas conflict has produced a prodigious amount of disinformation, putting people who fact-check claims — especially those who live in the region...

West-bank , New-york , United-states , Israel , Egypt , Morocco , Gaza , Israel-general- , Cairo , Al-qahirah , Tel-aviv , Libya

CNN News Central

are immune. there's a long history of this case is going back to richard nixon in the 1970s about the president's actions are immune from lawsuit or prosecution if they are their official duties. the drone strike example with the perfect logical legal example you would have a president using the official tools of the presidency to commit a crime. he can't do that. the constitution does not allow that. nothing no longer written in the united states allows that. this is exactly to shoot somebody on fifth avenue the president ran for office on which is that i could just walk down the street and kill somebody and get away with it. he is making that point here. even though we want our presidents to not get sued or prosecuted if they cut your taxes or raise your taxes. you want them to be able to be prosecuted if they do call a drone strike on somebody and he is just wrong. >> very much appreciate the real-time factcheck. a lot to get through. >> stay with cnn. we are back in just

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FALSE: This photo doesn't show submerged cars in Nairobi

Google reverse image search results on the photo established that it was taken in Mombasa and not Nairobi.

Kenya , Nairobi , Nairobi-area , Google , False , X , Https-archive-is-pnquy-formerly-twitter , Ntv-kenya , Johnson-sakaja , The-star , El-nino

ALTERED: Digital card alleging couples without marriage certificates will pay Sh2500 monthly fee fake

The cost of marriage certificates surged from Sh30,000 to Sh100,000.

Kenya , Kenyans , Ministry-head-of-communications-francis-gachuri , Interior-ministry-head , Communications-francis-gachuri , East-african , Card , Https-archive-ph-gps9l , Marriage-certificates , Citizen-tv , Twitter

MISLEADING: This image is not of Kericho Airstrip as claimed

It is not of Kericho Airstrip but of Ken Jones Aerodrome airport in Jamaica.

Kericho , Central , Kenya , Kerenga , Rift-valley , Port-antonio , Portland , Jamaica , Ken-jones , Kenyans , Google

FALSE: This image is not of Kenya police vehicle heading to Haiti

The Star fact-checker has estblished that the claim is misleading

Lamu , Coast , Kenya , Haiti , Kenyan , Kenyans , Haitian , Facebook , Twitter , United-nations-security-councilapproved , Infrastructure

FAKE: Screenshot showing Governor Mwangaza attacking Senator Kathuri is from a parody account

A scan by the Star Fact Checker on the account shows that it is a parody account and not real.

Kenya , Kenyans , Meru-mcas , Senate-assembly , Governor-mwangaza , Meru-leader , Star-fact-checker , Mwangaza , Murungi-kathuri , Parody-account , Fact-checker , Mwangaza-

FALSE: Claim that Ruto has legalised prostitution NOT TRUE

Currently according to the Kenyan Penal Code prostitution remains illegal.

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