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FactCheckNI is Northern Ireland’s first and only dedicated not for profit fact checking and training service. Accuracy matters.
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🌱 How green is Northern Ireland compared to elsewhere?

50% of NI’s electricity generation came from renewables in 2025 - slightly below the UK average, but above the EU average.

So what’s holding NI back?

We examine the evidence - link below👇
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📚 Do Catholic Maintained schools outperform Controlled schools at GCSE level?

Education Minister Paul Givan claims they do, even when accounting for social disadvantage.

🔎 We examined the evidence.

✅ Our verdict: ACCURATE

Read the full fact check 👇
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🧵 MIGRATION IN NORTHERN IRELAND: WHAT DO THE FIGURES REALLY SHOW?

More people leaving than arriving? International migration at a decade low? More people moving north than south across the Irish border?

We fact checked three claims.

Our verdict: MIXED 👇