More people in Ireland now get their news online than on television, survey shows

Report found more than a third of people had seen false or misleading information online in the past week on topics such as the Israel-Palestine conflict and on immigration.

More people get their news online than on television in Ireland for the first time, and more of them than ever are paying for it — but concerns around what is real and what is fake online has risen sharply.

The annual Reuters Institute Digital News Report Ireland, published by media regulator Coimisiún na Meán, found more than a third of people had seen false or misleading information online in the past week on topics such as the Israel-Palestine conflict and on immigration.