FactCheck: Is This A Photoshopped Image By Waterford Whispers News?

FACT CHECK: The image in question originally appeared in THIS WWN ARTICLE and yes, a photo-editing tool was used to create it.

With that fact check finished, we had time on our hands to fact check the following images as well:

FACT CHECK: Yes, this is a genuine 2020 image of an election poster belonging to then housing minister Eoghan Murphy and in the background is the scene at which a JCB clearing tents belonging to homeless people nearly killed a man Elias Adane, who experienced life altering injuries. Fact Check: yes, this is a disturbing image which serves as a stirring visual metaphor of Fine Gael’s housing policy.

FACT CHECK: Yes, this is a genuine Irish Times article reporting on the delight Fianna Fáil TD felt having readmitted Bertie Ahern to the party in 2023. Bertie Ahern was found by the Mahon Tribunal to have failed to “truthfully” explain the source of money he received. As Finance Minister he did not have a bank account. In this role Ahern signed blank cheques for Charles Haughey, who then used these cheques to steal money from the taxpayer.

FACT CHECK: Yes, this is a genuine Irish Examiner article from 2022 detailing how a whistleblower alleges the Department of Health was unsure if an additional €514.5mn given to the HSE had been necessary, it did not ask the HSE to account for the spending and is not sure what the money was spent on. Staff in the department were told not to keep minutes of meetings on financial irregularities so journalists couldn’t request Freedom of Information requests.

FACT CHECK: Yes, this is a genuine RTÉ article dealing with the fact the Department of Housing underspent its budget by €1bn during a housing crisis.

FACT CHECK: Yes, this is a genuine Irish Times report on how 60 charities providing mental health supports believe the government is not tackling the issue in any meaningful way.

FACT CHECK: Yes, this is an Irish Times report detailing the fact 1 in 5 TDs are landlords. This figure does not include politicians who do not declare their properties on the register of interests.

FACT CHECK: Yes, this is a genuine Irish Independent article outlining the fact 24,000 Mother and Baby homes survivors have been left out of the redress scheme by the coalition government.

FACT CHECK: Yes, this is a genuine Newstalk article reporting on the fact Roderic O’Gorman has admitted the government is letting down children with autism.

FACT CHECK: Yes, this is a genuine report from The Ditch news site, describing how homeowners affected by defected blocks had their own independent engineer reports changed without their knowledge to match the Housing Agency’s own, cheaper, rebuild estimates.

FACT CHECK: Yes, this is a genuine Sunday Business Post article which details the Department of Housing missing yet another housing target, this time for 2024.

FACT CHECK: Yes, this is a genuine Newstalk article outlining how the Children’s Hospital budget continues to balloon.

FACT CHECK: Yes this is a genuine Irish Examiner report on how ceann comhairle and Fianna Fáil Seán Ó Fearghaíl wrote a character reference for a rapist.

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