It comes with the launch of a new website
iHeartFacts.ie has been set up to allow people to submit health claims they have seen on social media to a team of experts who will then research the claim and report on whether it is true or false.
It follows a number of bogus health rumours in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic such as the claim that anti-inflammatory medicines make people more susceptible to catching the coronavirus.
Dr Francis Shiely is Director of Education at the Health Research Board in the City.
She told RedFM News that the spread of false information is part and parcel of modern society:
