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TheJournal.ie reports chaos and two player votes; RTÉ and The Independent say only that Ireland will play Israel

Ireland's footballers will face Israel in Hungary. Three outlets describe the day in three ways, and only one says why the match is disputed.

A day like no other in Irish football: Chaos, pain, apologies and TWO rounds of player voting to play Israel
A day like no other in Irish football: Chaos, pain, apologies and TWO rounds of player voting to play Israel as published by TheJournal.ie · seen at TheJournal.ie
Anglosphere Ireland Israel

What we hold. Five reports from three outlets, all filed on 27 September. Three are from TheJournal.ie. Four are little more than a headline and a line.

What they agree on. The Nations League match against Israel goes ahead, in Debrecen, Hungary. TheJournal.ie and The Independent both report that goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu has withdrawn.

Where they differ.

TheJournal.ie RTÉ News The Independent
The day "Chaos, pain, apologies" a "controversial" game "one of the world's most controversial fixtures"
Player votes two rounds, both to play not carried "the game will go ahead"
Why it is disputed not said not said boycott calls; a UN commission's genocide finding
Bazunu withdrew; "stands firm" not carried withdrew, "against the atrocities in the region"
FAI board Sinn Féin and Social Democrats: "step aside" not carried not carried

The broadcaster. RTÉ's statement, quoted by The Independent, says it will show both games because its contract requires it. It will use no studio, no pundits and no RTÉ commentator. It has taken no advertising.

What is not settled. - Two votes: only TheJournal.ie reports them. No report gives a count. - The "hours of confusion": TheJournal.ie names no one as causing them. - The call on the board: we hold no reply from the FAI or from the governing parties. - No report we hold quotes a player who voted to play.

What this is about. Whether Ireland's men's football team should play Israel at all, and whether the people who run Irish football handled that question well.

How it got here. On 7 October 2023 Hamas led an attack on southern Israel. Israel's war in Gaza followed. Irish governments have been among the European Union's sharpest critics of how Israel has fought that war. In May 2024 Ireland recognised the State of Palestine, alongside Spain and Norway.

Israel plays its football in Europe as a member of UEFA, the European governing body. The Nations League is UEFA's competition between national teams. The draw put Ireland and Israel in the same group, so they must meet twice. The Independent reports that a United Nations independent international commission found Israel committed genocide in Gaza. Israel rejects that charge. The Independent says calls in Ireland to boycott both games came after the finding.

Who is involved. - The FAI, the Football Association of Ireland, runs the game in the Republic and answers to UEFA for the team's fixtures. Its board is the target of the criticism. - The players. TheJournal.ie reports that they voted on whether to play. One of them, goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu, withdrew. - RTÉ, the Irish public broadcaster, which holds the rights to show the games. - Sinn Féin, the largest opposition party in the Dáil, and the Social Democrats, a smaller opposition party. Ireland is governed by a coalition led by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael.

What is at stake. For the FAI, its authority over the national team. For the players, whether they are seen to take a side. For Irish politics, whether a foreign-policy position reaches into sport.

Where it stands. The match goes ahead in Debrecen, Hungary. The Independent says the second game follows next Sunday.

What is being argued about

  • Whether Ireland should play Israel at all
  • How the players decided, and how many times
  • Whether the FAI board should step aside
  • Why RTÉ cut back its coverage
Three outlets, three accounts of one daySide by side
OutletWhat it called the daySays why it is disputed?
TheJournal.ie"Chaos, pain, apologies and TWO rounds of player voting"No
RTÉ News"controversial football game"No
The Independent"one of the world's most controversial fixtures"Yes: boycott calls and a UN commission's genocide finding
Four of the five reports carry a headline and one line. Where a cell says not carried, the report we hold does not mention it.
Sources T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · A day like no other in Irish football: Chaos, pain, apologies and TWO rounds of player voting to play Israel 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 Final preparations ahead of controversial Israel match 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 → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent RTÉ explains decision for reduced coverage of Republic of Ireland v Israel in Nations League 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 →
How 27 September was reportedTimeline
  1. 2026-09-2706:20 published TheJournal.ie Two rounds of player voting to play Israel 2 votesOnly outlet to report the votes
  2. 2026-09-2710:23 published Sinn Féin and Social Democrats Call for the FAI board to step aside, TheJournal.ie reportsNo reply from the FAI in the reports we hold
  3. 2026-09-2711:07 published TheJournal.ie Defender Dunne listed among goalkeepers after Bazunu withdrew No. 23
  4. 2026-09-2713:30 published RTÉ News Final preparations in Debrecen, Hungary
  5. 2026-09-2715:12 published The Independent RTÉ explains reduced coverage: no studio, no pundits, no RTÉ commentator
Times are publication times, in UTC.
Sources T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · A day like no other in Irish football: Chaos, pain, apologies and TWO rounds of player voting to play Israel 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 → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Sinn Féin and Social Democrats call for FAI board to step aside 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 → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Defender Dunne listed among Ireland goalkeepers after Gavin Bazunu withdrawal 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 Final preparations ahead of controversial Israel match 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 → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent RTÉ explains decision for reduced coverage of Republic of Ireland v Israel in Nations League 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 bias in this coverageBias

Why is it controversial?

Only one of the five reports we hold says what the dispute is about, and it names the UN commission's genocide finding. The others call the fixture controversial or chaotic but give no reason. Nobody is named as causing the day's confusion.

1 reports stating the reason for the dispute 2 reports calling it controversial with no reason
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 · A day like no other in Irish football: Chaos, pain, apologies and TWO rounds of player voting to play Israel 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 → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Sinn Féin and Social Democrats call for FAI board to step aside 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 Final preparations ahead of controversial Israel match 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 · Defender Dunne listed among Ireland goalkeepers after Gavin Bazunu withdrawal 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 RTÉ explains decision for reduced coverage of Republic of Ireland v Israel in Nations League 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 →

Claims and verdicts

true Goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu withdrew from the Ireland squad for the Israel match.
TheJournal.ie and The Independent both report the withdrawal, and The Independent quotes his stated opposition 'against the atrocities in the region'. TheJournal.ie adds that defender Dunne is now listed among Ireland's goalkeepers.
Checked against 2 sources:
T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Defender Dunne listed among Ireland goalkeepers after Gavin Bazunu withdrawal 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 RTÉ explains decision for reduced coverage of Republic of Ireland v Israel in Nations League 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 →
unverified Ireland's players voted twice to go ahead with the match against Israel.
Both reports of the two votes come from TheJournal.ie, so this is one outlet's account. The Independent and RTÉ News say only that the game will go ahead.
Checked against 4 sources:
T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · A day like no other in Irish football: Chaos, pain, apologies and TWO rounds of player voting to play Israel 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 → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Sinn Féin and Social Democrats call for FAI board to step aside 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 RTÉ explains decision for reduced coverage of Republic of Ireland v Israel in Nations League 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 Final preparations ahead of controversial Israel match 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 Sinn Féin and the Social Democrats called for the FAI board to step aside.
TheJournal.ie is the only outlet we hold that reports the call. No other report addresses it.
Checked against 1 source:
T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Sinn Féin and Social Democrats call for FAI board to step aside 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 →

Who wrote it

J Jack Rathborn The Independent
What the bias passes found in their reporting
A different figure This is the only report to give £830m of overstated income over eight seasons. The others carry the £900m revenue-and-costs total. It does not explain how the two figures relate.×1
Attributed finding genocide finding attributed to a UN commission×1
Figure chosen Gives an £830m figure for overstated income over eight seasons. The other reports use more than £900m of combined inflated revenue and reduced costs over nine seasons, and this report does not say how the two figures differ.×1
Finding attributed States the genocide finding and names the body that made it.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 misleading2 unverified2 true
From 70 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 →
K Kate Varley RTÉ News
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Controversy unnamed Calls the match controversial without saying why.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified
From 2 reports we hold under this byline, at RTÉ News. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
E Eoghan Dalton TheJournal.ie
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Actor named The Northern Ireland secretary is given by office, not by name×1
Assertion vs attribution White House pressure is stated as fact, with no source given×1
Cause stated flat US pressure stated as fact, not attributed×1
Crowd measure crowd counted as 'thousands', set against another report's 'large crowd'×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 misleading11 unverified4 true
From 83 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 →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting. · 2 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent RTÉ explains decision for reduced coverage of Republic of Ireland v Israel in Nations League 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 that says why the fixture is disputed, and the only one to quote Bazunu's reason and RTÉ's statement.
Sport Football RTÉ explains decision for reduced coverage of Republic of Ireland v Israel in Nations League After calls to boycott the controversial fixture, the country’s national broadcaster has opted for slimmed-down coverage of the Nations League match Jack Rathborn Sunday 27 September 2026 16:12 BST Bookmark Comments Go to comments Bookmark popover Removed from bookmarks Close popover How Ireland v Israel become the world’s most controversial fixture Become an Independent member to bookmark this article Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start
Finding attributed: States the genocide finding and names the body that made it. — “a country found by the United Nations independent international commission of committing genocide in Gaza”
Reason in own words: Gives the goalkeeper's reason for withdrawing in his own words. — “citing opposition “against the atrocities in the region.””
Attributed finding: genocide finding attributed to a UN commission — “against a country found by the United Nations independent international commission of committing genocide in Gaza”
Superlative: fixture ranked without a source — “one of the world’s most controversial fixtures”
Player voice: withdrawn goalkeeper's reason quoted — “citing opposition “against the atrocities in the region.””
Read it at The Independent → https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/republic-of-ireland-vs-isr…
R RTÉ News
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RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Final preparations ahead of controversial Israel match 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
Places the final preparations in Debrecen, Hungary.
Final preparations ahead of controversial Ireland-Israel match Updated / Sunday, 27 Sep 2026 14:43 A Republic of Ireland training session at Nagyerdei Stadion in Debrecen yesterday Kate Varley By Kate Varley Final preparations are under way in the Hungarian city of Debrecen ahead of the Republic of Ireland's controversial football game against Israel. It comes after a dramatic day yesterday which saw sub goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu pulling out of the squad over Israel’s actions in Gaza. Just hours to go before kickoff and the streets of Debrecen show very few signs of the extraordinary tension sur
Controversy unnamed: Calls the match controversial without saying why. — “the Republic of Ireland's controversial football game against Israel”
Read it at RTÉ News → https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0927/1593109-ireland-israel-match/
T TheJournal.ie
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TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Defender Dunne listed among Ireland goalkeepers after Gavin Bazunu withdrawal 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 → —
Defender Dunne is listed as number 23 among Ireland's goalkeepers on UEFA's website.
An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more. An editorial note re: The 42’s reporting on the Uefa Nations League matches between Ireland and Israel is available to read here. DEFENDER JIMMY DUNNE has been listed among the goalkeepers on the Republic of Ireland squad for today’s Nations League match against Israel, according to the Uefa website. The QPR player is listed as number 23 in the squad, joining Caoimhín Kelleher and Max O’Leary in the goalkeeper selection. The change comes after Gavin Bazunu’s decision to withdraw from the group ahead of today’s fixture in D
Read it at TheJournal.ie → https://www.thejournal.ie/jimmy-dunne-irish-goalkeeper-for-israel-game-…
T TheJournal.ie
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TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Sinn Féin and Social Democrats call for FAI board to step aside 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 Sinn Féin and the Social Democrats want the FAI board to step aside.
An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more. The men’s team voted on Saturday to proceed with the game, following hours of confusion and months of pressure by Stop the Game campaigners. A growing number of politicians from the two opposition parties have strongly criticised how the issue was handled by the FAI. Speaking on Pat Kenny’s programme on Newstalk, Sinn Féin Dublin MEP Lynn Boylan said there leadership from the FAI was “completely absent”, adding that its approach to the Israel game has “caused huge amount of division in the football team”. Boylan added: “Th
No actor named: The 'hours of confusion' have no actor named. Neither the FAI nor anyone else is said to have caused them. — “The vote by players to proceed with the game following hours of confusion on Saturday.”
Read it at TheJournal.ie → https://www.thejournal.ie/fai-board-stepping-side-7174842-Sep2026/
T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · A day like no other in Irish football: Chaos, pain, apologies and TWO rounds of player voting to play Israel 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 of two rounds of player voting. It describes Bazunu as standing firm.
An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more. An editorial note re: The 42’s reporting on the Uefa Nations League matches between Ireland and Israel is available to read here. JUST LIKE SAIPAN, Debrecen will be etched into the psyche of Irish football forever. This was a day like no other, a national drama that travelled around the globe and was followed in real time from the moment the FAI told journalists sitting in the Nagyerdei Stadion 15 minutes before a scheduled 10.15am press conference that it had been delayed by at least two hours. Even the Uefa delegate in t
Evaluative verb: Describes the withdrawal as 'standing firm', which is praise. — “Gavin Bazunu stands firm as Ireland squad searches for a united front.”
Register: emotive headline with capitals — “Chaos, pain, apologies and TWO rounds of player voting to play Israel”
Read it at TheJournal.ie → https://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-team-israel-bazunu-2-7174768-Sep2026/
Checked, didn’t cover
T The Irish Times
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The Irish Times 🇮🇪IE · digital · No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 → R RNZ
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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
Centre-left estimate · not a score
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.
We could not read these
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
Centre-right estimate · not a score
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 →
These are must-cite outlets for this desk that we did not manage to read when we built this story. That is a gap in our reach, not a silence on their part, and it is not evidence of anything about this story.

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