Incident 1419: Purported Deepfake Images of Gráinne Seoige Reportedly Circulated During Ireland's 2024 General Election Campaign

Description: A reported deepfake abuse campaign targeted Gráinne Seoige during her run in Ireland's 2024 general election campaign, when pornographic, purportedly AI-generated images of her were reportedly circulated online. Seoige later described the experience as humiliating and traumatic, and Gardaí said they were investigating the distribution of the material.
Editor Notes: Timeline notes: Incident date set to 02/16/2025 based on the earliest precisely dated public report currently located. Seoige's campaign began on 09/06/2024, and reporting indicates the images were circulated later during the 2024 general election campaign, but no exact earlier circulation date has been verified. The incident ID was created 03/16/2026.

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Incident ID
1419
Report Count
3
Incident Date
2025-02-16
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Applied Taxonomies
MIT

MIT Taxonomy Classifications

Machine-Classified
Taxonomy Details

Risk Subdomain

4.3. Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation

Risk Domain

  1. Malicious Actors & Misuse

Entity

Human

Timing

Post-deployment

Intent

Intentional

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Gardaí investigating circulation of fake AI-generated pornographic image of Gráinne Seoige
extra.ie · 2025

Gardaí are investigating the circulation of a fake AI-generated pornographic image of former TV presenter Gráinne Seoige during her failed general election campaign, IMoS can reveal.

Sources this weekend said gardaí are investigating the po…

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Gardaí investigate fake AI-generated image of Gráinne Seoige circulated around poll
extra.ie · 2025

A dirty tricks campaign aimed at sabotaging Gráinne Seoige's general election campaign is being investigated by gardaí.

It's understood that a computer-generated pornographic image or images were circulated online prior to the election in N…

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Gráinne Seoige says sexualised deepfake images left her traumatised
her.ie · 2026

She has been praised for bravely speaking out

Warning: Some people may find this article triggering

Broadcaster Gráinne Seoige has opened up about being traumatised after sexualised deepfake images of her were circulated online.

The images …

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