Peace

Europe

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Law

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Peace

CLAIM: There are 208 border crossings between Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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UNSUBSTANTIATED

It is extremely difficult to accurately establish the exact number of border crossings, as many informal routes have been established since border infrastructure was removed

Peace

CLAIM: Jeremy Corbyn walked in a paramilitary funeral procession.

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INACCURATE

The image of Corbyn was altered and then overlaid onto a video image still. Using the online tool Google reverse image search, this image has not

Peace

CLAIM: Progressive Politics NI claimed that MLAs were paid "nearly £2.2 million" in salaries up to 3rd September 2017.

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ACCURATE

The claim is accurate. The annual salary of an MLA is £49,500. For the period covered by the claim (13/3-13/9/2017), MLAs received a combined estimate

Peace

CLAIM: There is a new ‘Brothers-in-Arms’ mural in Belfast depicting a partnership between the UDA and the DUP.

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INACCURATE

There is no ‘Brothers-in-Arms’ UDA-DUP mural in Belfast. In the days before and after the UK general election on 8 June 2017, the above image

Education

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Elections

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Peace

CLAIM: The Irish News wrote that a funding cut places hundreds of youth work posts at risk.

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UNSUBSTANTIATED

There is no evidence of any cut, nor any proposed cut. Yet there is uncertainty about continued funding, for this and other programmes, in light

Education

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Peace

CLAIM: “The DUP at no point has ever agreed to establish an Irish Language Act with the UK government, with the Irish government, with Sinn Féin or anybody else.”

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ACCURATE

The St Andrew’s Agreement committed the UK Government to an Irish Language Act, but subsequent legislation compelled the Northern Ireland Executive to produce a strategy

Peace

CLAIM: Gates at interface barriers on Shankill and Falls roads are shut every evening at 6 pm.

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ACCURATE

One gate in the Shankill and Falls road is closed at 18:00, at Townsend Street. Other gates in this area close at other times (15:00,

Europe

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Peace

CLAIM: The voting results from Northern Ireland of the EU referendum compels the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to call a border boll.

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INACCURATE

This claim is inaccurate. The Secretary of State may bring forth a border poll when presented with evidence that a majority of electors may choose

Peace

CLAIM: More residents want peace walls to stay.

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ACCURATE

This claim is accurate. While the findings from the 2015 survey are mixed, as they have also been in previous studies, there is some evidence