FACEBOOK HAS DENIED rumours that it is to begin charging for use, after thousands of users around the world fell for a scam advising them that monthly charges would begin from this morning. A post on the network’s official Facebook page confirmed that the company had “no plans to charge for Facebook. It’s free and always will be.” So, as you were, then.
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# hoax - Monday 1 April, 2013
April Fools: Our 7 favourite sports pranks of all time
Because there ain’t no fool like an April fool.
# hoax - Sunday 31 March, 2013
Belfast security alert declared an ‘elaborate hoax’
Police in Belfast have declared a security alert at Shore Road in Newtownabbey a hoax.
# hoax - Thursday 28 February, 2013
Man arrested as suspicious devices found in Limerick
Both devices were declared non-viable after an investigation overnight.
# hoax - Saturday 23 February, 2013
Authorities: Report of gunman at MIT was a hoax
It had been reported that a gunman was on the campus, which was then put into lockdown.
# hoax - Saturday 16 February, 2013
Hoax device leads to evacuation in Tallaght
Residents of homes in Deerpark Avenue in Tallaght were forced to leave as gardaà and the army bomb squad investigated the suspicious device.
# hoax - Monday 28 January, 2013
Australian radio show involved in hoax hospital call to be taken off air
The nurse who was the recipient of the hoax call, Jacintha Saldanha, was found dead three days later.
# hoax - Thursday 24 January, 2013
ESPN obtain phone records appearing to back up Manti Te’o story
An unnamed source presented data to corroborate Te’o's tale of long calls with Lennay Kekua.
# hoax - Wednesday 23 January, 2013
Dead girlfriend hoax: American football star tells Couric he briefly lied about girlfriend
But Manti Te’o insists he wasn’t in on the hoax.
# hoax - Tuesday 22 January, 2013
Fake girlfriend hoax: woman whose picture was used in Manti Te’o prank breaks silence
The awkward moment when you realise your face is on ESPN.
# hoax - Saturday 19 January, 2013
Te’o ruse: It never crossed my mind to see my ‘dead’ girlfriend during her coma after fake car accident
The American Football star told ESPN [off-camera] that he was the victim of a cruel jape.
# hoax - Friday 18 January, 2013
# hoax - Thursday 17 January, 2013
Catfish? Notre Dame backs Manti Te’o in ‘sophisticated’ fake girlfriend hoax
The star linebacker is caught up in one of the strangest stories we’ve heard in some time.
# hoax - Wednesday 16 January, 2013
Notre Dame: Manti Te’o was a victim of the dead girlfriend hoax
This is the weirdest story we’ve read in a while.
# hoax - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
Hospital treating pregnant Kate falls for prank call from queen
The nurse gave an Australian radio station details of Kate’s condition when they posed as the 86-year-old monarch.
# hoax - Tuesday 28 August, 2012
Big Foot hoax attempt ends with man’s death
Authorities in Montana say that the man was wearing camouflage clothing and standing on a highway when he was struck by two vehicles.
# hoax - Thursday 23 August, 2012
Twitter agrees to block fake Indian PM accounts
The government asked Twitter to take down the accounts because they risked increasing ethnic and religious tension.
# hoax - Tuesday 21 August, 2012
The Evening Fix: Tuesday
Things we learned, loved, and shared today.
Army bomb disposal team called out to fourth alert today
Suspicious device discovered in Sallynoggin, Dublin.
# hoax - Sunday 5 August, 2012
7 of the world’s greatest hoaxes (or are they?)
Aliens invading New Jersey, spaghetti growing on trees… just some of the hoaxes that had the world fooled.
# hoax - Monday 30 July, 2012
PSNI working with Gardai in bomb hoax investigation
Gardaà are now working with the PSNI in their investigation into the bomb hoaxes which caused evacuations in four different locations on Saturday night.
# hoax - Sunday 29 July, 2012
Four venues evacuated over hoax bomb warnings
Patrons of nightclubs in Tullamore, Galway, Ballinasloe, and Claremorris were evacuated at approximately 11pm last night.
# hoax - Saturday 28 July, 2012
‘There’s a gun in my carry-on… LOL’: when jokes bomb at the airport
Jokes about weapons and explosives are a serious no-no at airports – here’s why…
# hoax - Thursday 12 July, 2012
Lurgan town centre declared safe following hoax
A van was hijacked yesterday evening before the driver was forced to drive towards the town’s police station.
# hoax - Tuesday 12 June, 2012
The 5 at 5: Tuesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
# hoax - Thursday 31 May, 2012
The Daily Fix: Thursday
Your essential evening round-up of the day’s biggest news, plus the bits and pieces you may have missed…
The 5 at 5: Thursday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
# hoax - Thursday 22 December, 2011
Jealous wife ‘told airport her husband had a bomb’
Johnna Woolfolk had her husband stopped as she believed he was on his way to meet another woman, the FBI said.
# hoax - Monday 19 December, 2011
Hoax forces residents to evacuate homes
The Defence Forces were called to the incident, which took place in Dublin city last night.
# hoax - Thursday 10 November, 2011
Suspicious package discovered at RTÉ was a hoax
A suspicious package was discovered at the offices of the national broadcaster at lunchtime yesterday.
# hoax - Monday 26 September, 2011
# hoax - Wednesday 17 August, 2011
Australian teen ‘relieved’ at hoax collar bomb arrest
Police spent ten hours removing the device, which turned out not to have any explosives in it, from the neck of 18-year-old Sydney girl Madeleine Pulver.
# hoax - Friday 5 August, 2011
Collar bomb hoaxer left mysterious note pinned to teenage victim Madeleine
The letter signed with a name from a bestselling novel warned: “Don’t go to the cops or I will detonate.”
# hoax - Thursday 4 August, 2011
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Nine things to know this morning…
# hoax - Thursday 21 July, 2011
A SUSPICIOUS DEVICE discovered in Dublin’s North Wall this morning has been declared a hoax. Gardaà have confirmed that the device was found at Seville Place this morning and the area was closed off at 7.50am. An army bomb disposal team was called in and declared the device to be a hoax. The area was reopened at around 9.30am.
# hoax - Monday 13 June, 2011
‘Gay girl in Damascus’ blogger revealed as married man in Scotland
Revelation of campaigning blogger’s true identity sparked outrage among the gay community in Syria, with one blogger saying his life is “in harm’s way” because of the Damascus blog.
# hoax - Wednesday 8 June, 2011
The 9 at 9: Wednesday
Nine things you need to know by 9am: Irish people’s €2 million flatpack habit; what NOT to say to a Leaving Cert student and the royal newlyweds’ starter home hell.
# hoax - Tuesday 7 June, 2011
British police say suspicious package linked to dissident republicans is a hoax
The package had been linked to dissident republicans in Northern Ireland but police have dismissed the link and said the package was a hoax.
# hoax - Friday 20 May, 2011
Terror plan for Kildare thwarted by gardaÃ
Three men arrested in Kildare yesterday are believed to be IRA supporters who had planned a hoax car bomb to disrupt the Queen’s visit, while 12 people arrested in Dublin last night have been charged and released.
# hoax - Wednesday 16 March, 2011
The 9 at 9: Wednesday
Nine things you need to know by 9am: A hoax text message spreads panic in Asia, the Taoiseach and Tanaiste head to the USA for Saint Patrick’s Day and how happy twits flock together.
Japanese radiation text warning hoax spreads panic
Philippine authorities have called for investigation into fake text purporting to be from the BBC, as anonymous hoaxer adds names of survivors to list of confirmed dead.
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