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3.7K
Account age
1 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
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📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Aug 6latest
4
Avg engagement / post
2–4
Typical post (engagement)
0.1%
Engagement vs followers
71/100
Consistent reach
Nov 2024
On Bluesky since
Half of recent posts land between 2 and 4 likes + reposts (median 3) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.
🔥 Top post: Images of tens of thousands of people crossing from Morocco into · 10 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
4 / week
Posts several times a week.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 11 text · 0 image · 1 video.
Follower / following
459×
Follows 8 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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🔥 Top post
Images of tens of thousands of people crossing from Morocco into the Spanish territory of Ceuta prompted plenty of reactions on line, but not all of them were based in fact.
For the full story, visit The Journal's FactCheck section.
Posts spread online falsely claim that the United Kingdom will be accommodating thousands of migrants who stormed the borders of a Spanish enclave in North Africa last month.
jrnl.ie/7143854
“During meetings, platform representatives often appeared unfamiliar with the context of the unfolding election,” the report on misinformation in Ireland reads. “Many were unable to articulate the rationale for content-moderation decisions…
A story shared on social media that a Cork woman who was invited to smell a woman’s perfume and later woke up to find she had been robbed is a copy of an internet rumour.
jrnl.ie/7142689
Social media companies failed to act on the vast majority of electoral disinformation reported by researchers ahead of last year’s presidential election, a new report shows.
jrnl.ie/7139970
Old videos have been reused, falsely purporting to show thousands of migrants again overrunning the borders of Ceuta.
This footage was actually taken in July.
jrnl.ie/7137206
Dublin Bus did hire nearly 100 drivers from South Africa, but not as part of an equality drive. They hired qualified, professional drivers from a country that drives on the left to tackle a driver shortage.
jrnl.ie/7135564
The methane from ruminant animals is widely considered to be a significant source of greenhouse gases, though there are real controversies over how exactly this should be measured.
jrnl.ie/7133647
A misquoted conversation from a live-streamed podcast has been used to falsely claim that an academic that advises the government on racism argued that the Irish language should be abandoned.
jrnl.ie/7131102
While the thrust of the government's documents focus on battling institutional sexism, the strategy does include one cautionary description of tradwives.
jrnl.ie/7128792
The international economics group, the OECD, has agreed to remove a misleading statistic they published which stated that tourist numbers to Ireland fell by 32% between 2019 and 2025.
jrnl.ie/7124318
After the doctor who led the responses against the Covid pandemic in America was brought before a Senate hearing, false claims were shared by an Irish commentator that he had said that Covid was just the common flu.
jrnl.ie/7124640
🦋 Handle & authenticity
✅ Domain-verified
@factcheck.thejournal.ie
The handle is the domain factcheck.thejournal.ie. On Bluesky a domain handle proves the owner controls that website — so this is verifiably the real factcheck.thejournal.ie account, not an impersonator.
On Bluesky since
Nov 2024
Joined after Bluesky opened to the public — a settled account with a real history.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2024 — 1 year ago.
👁️Averages 4 views per post.
📤Posts about 4× per week.
📍Based in Ireland.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated67/100
Good
Credibility score
89%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 89% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Engagement (~0.1% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Bluesky.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
A project by @thejournal.ie to tackle misinformation in Ireland.
Heard something dodgy? Email or WhatsApp us on +353 83 876 0971.
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