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RTÉ leads with "the normalisation of war and genocide"; the Independent leads with "It's not that I wouldn't cheat"

Nine reports on Donald Trump's first day in Ireland. Four of them are about golf, swearing or his wife's absence. Two say thousands marched in Dublin; none counts them.

'Why on Earth would we welcome him?': Thousands take to Dublin streets to protest 'warmonger' Trump
'Why on Earth would we welcome him?': Thousands take to Dublin streets to protest 'warmonger' Trump as published by TheJournal.ie · seen at TheJournal.ie
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The meeting. President Catherine Connolly met Trump privately at Áras an Uachtaráin. RTÉ News and TheJournal.ie both carry her statement afterwards: she conveyed "the strong view of the Irish people that the normalisation of war and genocide can never be accepted". No press was in the room. Trump's chief of protocol told RTÉ the meeting was "very constructive". No report we hold carries what he said back to her.

The same hours, four accounts.

Outlet What its report is about
RTÉ News Connolly's message, and a trip that is "not an official visit but a personal one with a heavy focus on golf"
TheJournal.ie The march, and "Relations appeared positive"
The Independent "It's not that I wouldn't cheat"; why Melania stayed at home
The Irish Times Simon Harris and Helen McEntee greeting Trump at Dublin Airport

The street. TheJournal.ie followed the march from Parnell Square to Molesworth Street. RTÉ says thousands marched, with more than 30 groups and political parties taking part. Chants included "Donald Trump you can't hide, you're committing genocide."

One remark, two words for it. RTÉ headlined "Trump jokes friendly Irish are 'vicious bastards'". TheJournal.ie called the same address a "rambling speech" and starred the word out.

Not settled. Nobody counted the crowd — "thousands" is as close as any report gets, and neither gives an organiser's or a Garda estimate. Connolly's account of the meeting is the only account of it. The one measured figure anywhere is a poll by Ireland Thinks for the Sunday Independent putting opposition to the visit at 69%, carried by one report, with no sample size and no fieldwork date.

What this is about: the US president, Donald Trump, visited Ireland, whose head of state has been one of his loudest critics over the war in Gaza.

How it got here. - Gaza. Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, and Israel's war in Gaza followed. The United States is Israel's closest ally and main arms supplier. Ireland has been among the European governments most critical of Israel's conduct. It recognised the State of Palestine in May 2024. It also backed South Africa's case at the International Court of Justice, which accuses Israel of genocide. Israel rejects the charge, and the court has not ruled on it. That is why "genocide" shows up in the President's message and in the chants. - The presidency. Catherine Connolly, a left-wing independent, was elected President of Ireland in October 2025. She had long spoken out on Gaza. In Ireland the President is head of state, but the role is largely ceremonial. The government, led by Taoiseach Micheál Martin, sets foreign policy. - Trump and Ireland. Trump started his second term in January 2025. He has owned a golf resort at Doonbeg in County Clare since 2014. RTÉ News describes this trip as "not an official visit but a personal one with a heavy focus on golf", centred on the Irish Open at Doonbeg.

The actors. - Connolly received him at Áras an Uachtaráin, the President's residence. - The government also met him, through the Taoiseach and senior ministers. It has to manage the relationship with Washington. - The protesters marched in Dublin. The Ireland Thinks poll for the Sunday Independent puts opposition to the visit at 69%.

What is at stake. The US is Ireland's most important economic partner. Large American companies base their European operations in Ireland, and US trade and tax policy bears directly on Irish jobs and revenue. Every Irish government weighs that tie against public anger over Gaza. This visit put both in front of Trump on the same day.

Where it stands. After the first day, the only account of the private meeting is the one Connolly gave. Trump then went on to Doonbeg.

What is being argued about

  • What President Catherine Connolly told Trump behind closed doors at Áras an Uachtaráin, and that only her side of it is on the record
  • The Dublin march against the visit — its route, its chants, and the fact that no report puts a number on it
  • Four reports drawn from one address to invited guests, and the different words the outlets found for it
  • What kind of visit this was: a state occasion, a personal golfing trip, or both at once
One Saturday, in the order it was publishedTimeline
  1. Sat 12 Sep09:11 published time, Irish time The Irish Times Harris and McEntee greet Trump at Dublin AirportBy the time it runs, he has landed at Doonbeg
  2. Sat 12 Sep10:45 published time, Irish time TheJournal.ie The gifts at the Áras, Michael Longley's 'Ceasefire' among themCarries Connolly's message on war and genocide
  3. Sat 12 Sep12:52 published time, Irish time RTÉ News 'Trump jokes friendly Irish are vicious bastards'The word printed in full
  4. Sat 12 Sep13:23 published time, Irish time RTÉ News Connolly says she conveyed the strong view that war and genocide cannot be normalisedOne sentence, nothing around it
  5. Sat 12 Sep13:50 published time, Irish time TheJournal.ie The same address called a 'rambling speech', the word starred outAt the US Ambassador's residence
  6. Sat 12 Sep15:39 printed on the page The Independent Trump on cheating at golf: 'It's not that I wouldn't cheat'None of the day's politics
  7. Sat 12 Sep16:11 printed on the page The Independent Why Melania stayed at home: 'maybe, I'm not that friendly'Drew laughter, the report says
  8. Sat 12 Sep16:24 published time, Irish time RTÉ News Thousands march in Dublin, more than 30 groups and parties 30+ groupsThe march takes place after Trump has left for Doonbeg
  9. Sat 12 Sep16:51 published time, Irish time TheJournal.ie The march from Parnell Square to Molesworth Street 69% did not welcome the visitIreland Thinks for the Sunday Independent
Publication times, in Irish time. Two are printed on the page; the rest are the times stamped on the reports we hold.
Sources T The Irish Times
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The Irish Times 🇮🇪IE · digital · Donald Trump in Ireland: Simon Harris and Helen McEntee greet US president at Dublin Airport Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Irish Times → What we have measured Actor framing The release is framed as a joint agreement, with no pressure mentioned ×1Actor named Names the residents as the ones who blocked the road ×1Actor named killers named as 'loyalist gunmen'; verb 'shot dead' ×1With no actor named construction no actor named for the theft or the driving in the standfirst ×1 from 1358 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
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TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Michael Longley's 'Ceasefire' poem among gifts given to Trump during Áras meeting Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Watch: Trump jokes friendly Irish are 'vicious bastards' Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC President expressed 'strong view' on war and genocide Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Trump gives rambling speech to VIPs describing Irish people as 'vicious b*stards' in business Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Trump says he would cheat at golf if there weren’t so many Secret Service agents watching him play Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Trump reveals why Melania didn’t join him in Ireland: ‘Maybe I’m not that friendly’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC In pictures: Donald Trump in Ireland Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · 'Why on Earth would we welcome him?': Thousands take to Dublin streets to protest 'warmonger' Trump Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
One address to invited guests, four reports out of itSide by side
OutletHeadlineWhat it does with the remark
RTÉ NewsWatch: Trump jokes friendly Irish are 'vicious bastards'Calls it a joke; prints the word in full
TheJournal.ieTrump gives rambling speech to VIPs describing Irish people as 'vicious b*stards' in businessJudges the speech in the headline; stars the word out
The IndependentTrump says he would cheat at golf if there weren't so many Secret Service agents watching him playTakes a different line from the same speech; no judgement, no politics of the day
The IndependentTrump reveals why Melania didn't join him in Ireland: 'Maybe I'm not that friendly'Takes a third line from the same speech; no judgement, no politics of the day
All four are drawn from the same speech at the US Ambassador's Deerfield residence.
Sources R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Watch: Trump jokes friendly Irish are 'vicious bastards' Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Trump gives rambling speech to VIPs describing Irish people as 'vicious b*stards' in business Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Trump says he would cheat at golf if there weren’t so many Secret Service agents watching him play Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Trump reveals why Melania didn’t join him in Ireland: ‘Maybe I’m not that friendly’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
What the nine reports are aboutChart
Counted across every report we hold on the day, not only those quoted above. A report can fall into more than one row.
Sources T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · 'Why on Earth would we welcome him?': Thousands take to Dublin streets to protest 'warmonger' Trump Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC In pictures: Donald Trump in Ireland Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC President expressed 'strong view' on war and genocide Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Michael Longley's 'Ceasefire' poem among gifts given to Trump during Áras meeting Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Watch: Trump jokes friendly Irish are 'vicious bastards' Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Trump gives rambling speech to VIPs describing Irish people as 'vicious b*stards' in business Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Trump says he would cheat at golf if there weren’t so many Secret Service agents watching him play Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Trump reveals why Melania didn’t join him in Ireland: ‘Maybe I’m not that friendly’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Irish Times
Centre estimate · not a score
The Irish Times 🇮🇪IE · digital · Donald Trump in Ireland: Simon Harris and Helen McEntee greet US president at Dublin Airport Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Irish Times → What we have measured Actor framing The release is framed as a joint agreement, with no pressure mentioned ×1Actor named Names the residents as the ones who blocked the road ×1Actor named killers named as 'loyalist gunmen'; verb 'shot dead' ×1With no actor named construction no actor named for the theft or the driving in the standfirst ×1 from 1358 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Where the word genocide sits

Four of the nine reports carry it, and in every one it is someone else's word: the president of Ireland's statement, or a chant on O'Connell Street. No report puts it in its own voice, and none says what the US side replied. Two of the four are single-sentence reports that carry her statement and nothing around it.

4 reports carrying the word at all 4 reports where it sits inside a quote or attribution 0 reports carrying a US response to it

Nine reports, and four are about the jokes

Four of the nine reports are given over entirely to the president's remarks about golf, swearing or his wife's absence. Two cover the protest, and neither gives a crowd figure beyond thousands; one of those counts the groups taking part instead. One poll figure is the only measured thing in the set.

4 reports given over to the jokes and the golf 2 reports covering the protest 0 reports giving a crowd figure 1 reports naming a pollster
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · 'Why on Earth would we welcome him?': Thousands take to Dublin streets to protest 'warmonger' Trump Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC In pictures: Donald Trump in Ireland Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC President expressed 'strong view' on war and genocide Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Michael Longley's 'Ceasefire' poem among gifts given to Trump during Áras meeting Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Watch: Trump jokes friendly Irish are 'vicious bastards' Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Trump gives rambling speech to VIPs describing Irish people as 'vicious b*stards' in business Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Trump says he would cheat at golf if there weren’t so many Secret Service agents watching him play Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Trump reveals why Melania didn’t join him in Ireland: ‘Maybe I’m not that friendly’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Irish Times
Centre estimate · not a score
The Irish Times 🇮🇪IE · digital · Donald Trump in Ireland: Simon Harris and Helen McEntee greet US president at Dublin Airport Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Irish Times → What we have measured Actor framing The release is framed as a joint agreement, with no pressure mentioned ×1Actor named Names the residents as the ones who blocked the road ×1Actor named killers named as 'loyalist gunmen'; verb 'shot dead' ×1With no actor named construction no actor named for the theft or the driving in the standfirst ×1 from 1358 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

true Thousands marched through Dublin in protest at the visit.
TheJournal.ie reports the march from Parnell Square to Molesworth Street and RTÉ News independently says thousands marched with more than 30 groups and parties taking part. Neither gives an organiser or Garda crowd estimate.
Checked against 2 sources:
T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · 'Why on Earth would we welcome him?': Thousands take to Dublin streets to protest 'warmonger' Trump Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC In pictures: Donald Trump in Ireland Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified A poll by Ireland Thinks for the Sunday Independent found 69% of those surveyed did not welcome the visit.
Only TheJournal.ie carries the figure, and it gives no sample size or fieldwork date. No other report we hold on this event cites polling.
Checked against 1 source:
T TheJournal.ie
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TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · 'Why on Earth would we welcome him?': Thousands take to Dublin streets to protest 'warmonger' Trump Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified President Catherine Connolly told Trump that the Irish people hold that the normalisation of war and genocide can never be accepted.
RTÉ News and TheJournal.ie both carry the line, but all three reports quote the same statement issued by Connolly after a private meeting, so it is one account of what was said in a room with no press. Trump's side described the meeting only as "constructive" and he twice declined to say what she raised.
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RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC President expressed 'strong view' on war and genocide Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
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TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Michael Longley's 'Ceasefire' poem among gifts given to Trump during Áras meeting Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
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RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC In pictures: Donald Trump in Ireland Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

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M Mairead Maguire TheJournal.ie · 2 reports on this story
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Attributed wording The armbands' purpose is given in quotation marks as 'the conflict', with no party named×1
Cost barrier named Only this report says households must pay up front before the grant is paid back. The explainer leaves this out.×1
Cost measure A range, whose top is twice its bottom. This is not the same bill as the point figure given elsewhere.×1
Figure unattributed household cost figures stated flat, with no source×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
5 unverified4 true
From 91 reports we hold under this byline, at TheJournal.ie. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
S Shabnoor Irshad The Independent
What the bias passes found in their reporting
What is chosen from the day the president's joke about his wife's absence carried without any of the day's politics×1
From 36 reports we hold under this byline, at The Independent. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
B Brendan Rascius The Independent
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Headline asserts what the standfirst denies the headline states she was fired and gives the reason in quotation marks; the line under it carries her lawyer's denial that she was fired×1
Headline states what the report denies the firing and its alleged reason are in the headline; the denial is in the standfirst×1
No actor named passive throughout — nobody is named as having done the firing×1
The denial, and who holds it the denial is attributed to an attorney, not to her, and appears only after the headline has stated the firing flat×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed2 unverified
From 203 reports we hold under this byline, at The Independent. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
S Sophie Finn TheJournal.ie
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister×1
Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive×1
Asserted or attributed the next step is attributed to a named police force×1
Assertion vs attribution threat to Stormont tied to the DUP's accusation×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 misleading4 disputed6 unverified8 true
From 125 reports we hold under this byline, at TheJournal.ie. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
C Conor Pope The Irish Times
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Who the reader is passengers addressed as an audience with rights, not counted as people affected×1
Who the report addresses the reader is addressed as a stranded passenger, not a spectator×1
From 30 reports we hold under this byline, at The Irish Times. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting. · 3 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

T TheJournal.ie
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TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · 'Why on Earth would we welcome him?': Thousands take to Dublin streets to protest 'warmonger' Trump Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
The only report that puts any figure on how the public saw the visit: a poll by Ireland Thinks and the Sunday Independent, 69% of those surveyed not welcoming it. It also gives the march its route, Parnell Square to
An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more. The protest, which travelled from Parnell Square to Molesworth Street beside Leinster House, aimed to show the US president he wasn’t welcome, and the Irish government that they were wrong to host him. Trump called to President Catherine Connolly this morning before a meeting with the Taoiseach. Relations appeared positive, and the leaders seemed eager to get through the visit without a hitch. Protesters were kept far away from the niceties, but no doubt American tourists visiting the capital heard their grievances loud an
Which measure was chosen: the only figure in nine reports for how the public saw the visit, with the pollster named — “A poll by Ireland Thinks and the Sunday Independent showed 69% of those surveyed didn’t welcome the visit.”
Measure chosen: a survey figure with its sponsors named, standing in for a crowd count — “A poll by Ireland Thinks and the Sunday Independent showed 69% of those surveyed didn’t welcome the visit.”
Whose words carry the charge: the genocide accusation is carried as a quoted chant, not as the report's own claim — “Chants included: “Donald Trump you can’t hide, you’re committing genocide.””
Read it at TheJournal.ie → https://www.thejournal.ie/donald-trump-ireland-visit-4-7160902-Sep2026/
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RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC In pictures: Donald Trump in Ireland Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — PUBLIC
The only report that says what kind of visit this is — "not an official visit but a personal one with a heavy focus on golf" — and that the security operation is "one of the biggest in the history of the State". It is
Amid heightened security and protests, US President Donald Trump's first day in Ireland saw courtesy calls to the President and Taoiseach before moving on to Doonbeg to take in the Irish Open. Air Force One landed in Dublin after 8am this morning, with a large motorcade nearby to accompany US President Donald Trump on his journey to the Phoenix Park. (Images courtesy: Getty, PA and Maxwells) Donald Trump's visit is not an official visit but a personal one with a heavy focus on golf. The security operation for his trip is one of the biggest in the history of the State - with major disruption an
Asserted versus attributed: a judgement on the speech stated as fact, with no one named as making it — “His lengthy comments at the US Ambassador's residence were very much intended for an American audience and for the most part was seen as a campaign speech.”
Judgement with no one named: "was seen as" — a verdict on the speech with no one named as seeing it — “His lengthy comments at the US Ambassador's residence were very much intended for an American audience and for the most part was seen as a campaign speech.”
Read it at RTÉ News → https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0912/1591298-us-president-donald-trump-ire…
The Independent
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The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Trump reveals why Melania didn’t join him in Ireland: ‘Maybe I’m not that friendly’ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report on why Melania Trump was not there: she told him the seven-hour flight was too long, and "maybe, I'm not that friendly".
Independent TV Showing now | News 00:46 Shabnoor Irshad Saturday 12 September 2026 16:11 BST Bookmark popover Removed from bookmarks Close popover Trump reveals why Melania didn’t join him in Ireland: ‘Maybe I’m not that friendly’ President Donald Trump has revealed why his wife, Melania Trump, did not join him on his trip to Ireland. The US president drew laughter as he explained the first lady’s absence while speaking at the US ambassador’s residence. Mr Trump said Melania had told him the seven-hour flight was too long, saying that “maybe, I’m not that friendly”. He said he responded: “Put
What is chosen from the day: the president's joke about his wife's absence carried without any of the day's politics — “Mr Trump said Melania had told him the seven-hour flight was too long, saying that “maybe, I’m not that friendly”.”
Read it at The Independent → https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/trump-melania-ireland-visit-video…
The Independent
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The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Trump says he would cheat at golf if there weren’t so many Secret Service agents watching him play Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Takes the golf line back to the record: Rick Reilly's 2019 book Commander in Cheat, Lindsey Graham's 2022 grand jury testimony, and Trump's own 2016 denial. None of the day's politics appears.
News World Americas US politics Trump says he would cheat at golf if there weren’t so many Secret Service agents watching him play ‘It’s not that I wouldn’t cheat,’ Trump told business leaders gathered in Dublin on Saturday Brendan Rascius in New York Saturday 12 September 2026 15:39 BST Bookmark Comments Go to comments Bookmark popover Removed from bookmarks Close popover Trump says Secret Service agents prevent him from cheating at golf Your support helps us to tell the story Read more Support Now From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when t
What is chosen from the day: a whole report on golf; the meeting at which genocide was raised does not appear — ““It’s not that I wouldn’t cheat,” the 80-year-old president said, drawing laughter from the crowd.”
Read it at The Independent → https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-che…
T TheJournal.ie
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TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Trump gives rambling speech to VIPs describing Irish people as 'vicious b*stards' in business Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
The same remark, judged in the headline as a "rambling speech" and with the word starred out — and it places the address at the US Ambassador's Deerfield residence, before invited businesspeople, politicians and
An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more. US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump touched on a variety of topics, from golf to how Irish people are “vicious bastards” in business, as he delivered a speech to a room of invited VIPs at the US Ambassador’s Deerfield residence in the Phoenix Park this afternoon. Setting the patriotic tone of the address from the very beginning, the president walked (and at times danced) into the room to Lee Greenwood’s 1984 song God Bless the USA. The exclusive event was the third separate function in Phoenix Park Trump has appeared at since arrivi
Characterisation in the headline: the speech judged in the headline and the quote asterisked at the same time — “Trump gives rambling speech to VIPs describing Irish people as 'vicious b*stards' in business”
Characterisation in the headline: the speech called "rambling" and the word partly starred out — “Trump gives rambling speech to VIPs describing Irish people as 'vicious b*stards' in business”
Read it at TheJournal.ie → https://www.thejournal.ie/trump-speech-deerfield-7160701-Sep2026/
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RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC President expressed 'strong view' on war and genocide Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — PUBLIC
One sentence, and it is the president's message on war and genocide with nothing around it — no meeting, no reply, no context.
President Connolly expressed 'strong view' of Irish people on war and genocide to Donald Trump Updated / Saturday, 12 Sep 2026 13:29 Donald Trump made a courtesy call to Áras an Uachtaráin this morning President Catherine Connolly has said that she conveyed to the US president the strong view of the Irish people that the normalisation of war and genocide can never be accepted. President Connolly and Donald Trump met for more than 20 minutes as part of a courtesy call at Áras an Uachtaráin this morning. The meeting at the Phoenix Park did not have video cameras in the room but there were member
Attribution: the word genocide kept inside the president's reported statement, not taken into the report's voice — “President Catherine Connolly has said that she conveyed to the US president the strong view of the Irish people that the normalisation of war and genocide can never be accepted.”
Attributed, no actor named: genocide appears inside the president's attributed message, with nobody named as committing it — “President Catherine Connolly has said that she conveyed to the US president the strong view of the Irish people that the normalisation of war and genocide can never be accepted.”
Read it at RTÉ News → https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0912/1591288-catherine-connolly-donald-tru…
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RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Watch: Trump jokes friendly Irish are 'vicious bastards' Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → What we have measured Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — PUBLIC
Carries the remark itself on video and prints the word in full: "You're some of the most vicious bastards I've ever done business ..."
Watch: Trump jokes friendly Irish are 'vicious bastards' Updated / Saturday, 12 Sep 2026 13:08 Ending a speech at the US Ambassador's Residence in Dublin, US President Donald Trump praised the "unbelievable people in Ireland". "People love coming to Ireland because they love you, they love the people. There's a friendliness, there’s also a vicious and a toughness. "Let me tell you. You’re some of the most vicious bastards I’ve ever done business … "But when you want to be nice, there’s nobody nicer. And I just want to thank you. It’s an honour to be here." Live updates Donald Trump's two-day v
Framing of the same quote: the same remark framed as a joke and printed in full — “Watch: Trump jokes friendly Irish are 'vicious bastards'”
Read it at RTÉ News → https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0912/1591286-trump-praises-irish/
T TheJournal.ie
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TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Michael Longley's 'Ceasefire' poem among gifts given to Trump during Áras meeting Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → What we have measured Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Names what Connolly handed him: gifts themed on peace, among them Michael Longley's poem "Ceasefire".
An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more. Connolly made the not-so-subtle offering during a “courtesy call” in the State Dining Room. Speaking afterwards, Trump didn’t confirm whether the issue of Gaza was raised. He said they “discussed a lot of things very quickly”, and described the conversation as “respectful”. “We did discuss Northern Ireland… I find it to be a very interesting discussion because we know people of Northern Ireland, and we know people of Ireland, and they sometimes say, ‘hey, when are you guys getting together?’ “I do ask that question every t
Read it at TheJournal.ie → https://www.thejournal.ie/catherine-connolly-trump-poem-7160475-Sep2026/
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The Irish Times 🇮🇪IE · digital · Donald Trump in Ireland: Simon Harris and Helen McEntee greet US president at Dublin Airport Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Irish Times → What we have measured Actor framing The release is framed as a joint agreement, with no pressure mentioned ×1Actor named Names the residents as the ones who blocked the road ×1Actor named killers named as 'loyalist gunmen'; verb 'shot dead' ×1With no actor named construction no actor named for the theft or the driving in the standfirst ×1 from 1358 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
The only report naming who met the plane — Tánaiste Simon Harris and Helen McEntee at Dublin Airport — and it has Trump already landed at Doonbeg by the time it publishes.
How many sitting US presidents have visited Ireland? Probably not as many as you think. While many people here like to talk up Ireland’s very special relationship with the US, only eight presidents have come here while they were resident in the White House. The first, of course, was John F Kennedy who came to the auld sod in June 1963. He spent four triumphant days travelling the country visiting Dublin, Wexford – from whence his family came – Cork, Galway and Limerick. He also became the first US president to address the joint houses of the Oireachtas. Richard Nixon came here on a State visit
Read it at The Irish Times → https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/12/donald-trump-in-ireland-f…
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RNZ 🇳🇿NZ · digital · PUBLIC No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Headline against body headline claims a 20-year decline reversed; the first line of the body reports a new low in reading ×1Headline against body headline claims a turnaround; the text carries a record low and puts it on boys ×1 from 2328 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → ABC News (Australia)
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ABC News (Australia) 🇦🇺AU · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor label and hedge The same man is called 'far-right' and named by his legal name. The act is hedged with 'allegedly', where the longer report states it flat. ×1A different count, stated flat one dead and 140 missing, unattributed, earliest of the four ×1Affected counted The only report to count the local people affected ×1Are the dead named one of the dead named, through a relative at the hospital ×1 from 4667 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Guardian
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The Guardian 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named Denial in the passive voice, with no one named as the person who dismissed it ×1Actor named names Israel as acting and states the death toll flat, with no source ×1Actor named Ireland named as the side that ended the conference ×1Allegation omitted the police statement is cut with an ellipsis where the other two reports carry the controlling or coercive behaviour allegation ×1 from 10552 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → C CBC News
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CBC News 🇨🇦CA · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed the measure is attributed to the three governments; the territory is called occupied in the outlet's own voice ×1Attribution kept in the headline the sourcing travels with the claim into the headline ×1Figure rounded in the headline more than 600 in the headline; the body sources it to a flight-tracking site ×1How the sourcing is hedged the claim is hedged to an unnamed newspaper in both headline and body; the reporting is not held by this report ×1 from 2730 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
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BBC News
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BBC News 🇬🇧UK · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Dating and attribution 'It was not until Tuesday' is a judgement about delay, not a date. No other report we hold comments on how long the German finding took. ×1How hard the claim is stated Headline says the UN voted to adopt and replace; the last sentence of the report says the vote is non-binding ×1How hard the claim is stated The qualification arrives in the last sentence and is immediately overridden by an effect the report gives no source for. ×1Which figure is used States the replacement as done — the Assembly voted to replace the map — where the resolution urges states to use a different projection. ×1 from 473 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Daily Telegraph
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The Daily Telegraph 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Times
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The Times 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times →
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