Claims extracted
36
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
3%
1 of 36 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
‘PLEASE call me, it’s urgent.
asserted
it → call → me
My car got petrol bombed.’
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car → bomb → ?
Philip English sent me that text message at 4.17am on Friday, September 18, as dawn was breaking.
asserted
dawn → send → Friday
Long shadows appeared as he looked at his badly damaged car.
asserted
he → appear → car
The culprits disappeared into the shadows –but they’d be back.
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they → disappear → shadows
I rang Philip that morning.
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I → ring → Philip
He spoke about how the car was destroyed and how worried he was, especially for his children.
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he → speak → children
‘It could have fully caught fire and could’ve burned the house down,’ he said.
uncertain
he → catch → house
Philip said he was going to meet the Guards, that he’d keep in touch.
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he → say → touch
Philip English and his beloved wife Kim
The following Monday, gardaí appealed for information on Garda Watch on our local radio station WLR FM.
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gardaí → follow → station
That’s what we know but there is so much we don’t know.
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we → ’ → what
Did they link it to a ‘paint attack’ on the car in August 2023?
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they → link → August
He had relationships in the past and had grown-up children.
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He → have → children
He was madly in love with Kim and they had four wonderful children: Callum, Jayden, Nadia and Elliot.
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they → have → children
Philip worked hard in security and other jobs, was never involved in drugs and did his best to raise their children, who loved them intensely.
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who → work → them
The text Philip sent to Damien Tiernan of WLR FM
Nadia has leukaemia and they were up and down to Crumlin children’s hospital the past few years and needed a specially adapted car as Jayden had heart issues.
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Jayden → send → issues
They did everything for their children and loved each other immensely.
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They → do → other
I know that because I knew Philip.
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I → know → Philip
He contacted me a few years ago about a deeply personal story from his childhood and I put him in touch with a friend who helped him.
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who → contact → him
Less than four weeks after the paint attack, at around 5am on Tuesday, at least one person attacked their well-kept, three-bedroom home in the Birchwood estate in Waterford city, as the family slept inside.
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family → attack → city
Their car was set on fire.
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car → set → fire
And then the glass panel at the front door was smashed.
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panel → smash → door
A petrol bomb was thrown in.
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bomb → throw → ?
Floral tributes left at the English family's home after this week's firebombing
It exploded, fuel splashing everywhere, the stairs catching fire immediately.
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stairs → leave → fire
The house quickly filled with thick black smoke.
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house → fill → smoke
They woke.
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They → wake → ?
They couldn’t get down the stairs.
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They → get → stairs
The flames and smoke woke the neighbours.
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flames → wake → neighbours
They couldn’t get in.
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They → get → ?
Philip broke windows at the back of the house.
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Philip → break → house
Screams for help echoed around the estate.
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Screams → echo → estate
Neighbours tried everything.
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Neighbours → try → everything
They shouted up at him to get the children and throw them out the window and they’d catch them.
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they → shout → them
Philip turned around to get them.
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Philip → turn → them
He never came back.
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He → come → ?
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we → accept → article
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