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“Four times as many people die from suicide compared with Covid-19 in Ireland”
Social media posts Claim dated 7 Sep 2020.
TheJournal.ie rated thisFalse

In short

This claim spread on social media around 7 September 2020. TheJournal.ie (Ireland) looked into it and published its finding on 8 September 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.

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