THE DEFENCE FORCES conducted an investigation over fears one of its members was behind a WhatsApp voice note purporting to contain confidential information about an alleged lockdown.
The message claims to be someone passing on a message to fellow members of the Defence Forces to “be in the barracks” early on Monday morning. However, it is understood the Defence Forces military police did carry out a probe into the existence of the message as there were concerns it came from a member or someone connected to a member.Senior sources familiar with the incident told this publication that the voice note was a “nightmare” for the Defence Forces, which had been using its official social media platforms to share up-to-date news on its Covid preparations.
On the afternoon of Friday, 13 March, TheJournal.ie FactCheck team debunked the message‘s claims about ‘status red’ lockdown. Its report outlined how Defence Forces personnel had been asked to report to their barracks on Monday, 16 March to be on standby to support civil authorities under status yellow conditions.
Those subsequent claims were also debunked by TheJournal.ie FactCheck. They were three of a number of false claims that Ireland was about to see martial law introduced.
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