FactCheckNI. Northern Ireland’s first dedicated fact checking service
We are a team of independent fact checkers who identify important public statements relevant to Northern Ireland, interrogate the best available evidence, and publish fact check articles to improve the quality of public debate.
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Does NI’s criminal justice system have the biggest backlog in the UK?
11 April 2024
CLAIM: Northern Ireland is the worst place in the UK for logjams in the justice system.
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On 14 November, an article in the Belfast Telegraph claimed that: “Northern Ireland’s Crown Court is now backlogged until the autumn of 2024, with noArticles
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Have 75% of 16-year-old girls in NI been harassed on the street?
4 April 2024
CLAIM: Three quarters of all 16-year-old girls in Northern Ireland have experienced on-street harassment.
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On 26 February, during a debate in the Assembly, Sinn Féin MLA Emma Sheerin said: “One of the statistics that really shocked me was inArticles
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Did almost 1,500 people die in NI in one year because of long waits in A&E?
27 March 2024
CLAIM: There is strong evidence that in 2022, delays in Northern Ireland’s emergency departments led to the premature deaths of 1,434 people.
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In an interview published on 21 January in the Irish Times, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s (RCEM) Vice Chair in Northern Ireland Dr RussellWe have published over 200 fact checks since 2016.
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