“All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small…” The classic hymn by Cecil Frances Alexander has endured the test of time, 200 years after her birth. But few know of the part both great and small that the hymn played in transforming the education of deaf children in 19th century northern Ireland. And…
A film starring a six-year-old deaf British girl and made by two former Hollyoaks stars has won an Oscar. The Silent Child, which tells the story of a girl who struggles to communicate, was named best live action short film. It stars Maisie Sly, aged six, from Swindon, and Rachel Shenton, who played Mitzeee Minniver…
Two neighbouring Limerick schools yesterday joined forces to create a magical production combining sound and silence for a Christmas show. Fifth-class students from Our Lady Queen of Peace and primary pupils at the nearby Mid-West School for the Deaf commenced working together on a December holiday performance with the mainstream school’s boys and girls learning…
Deaf Access: IT’S NOT OVER YET! A great speech that must be shared by Professor John Bosco Conama Trinity College Dublin from the Irish Deaf Society. On the occasion of the Recognition of Irish Sign Language Community Bill 2017 completing half it’s journey. The ISL Bill has passed all stages in the Seanad and is…
She has been a familiar face on BBC Northern Ireland News screens for 21 years, but Mary Kyle has managed to keep under the publicity radar throughout her career. Indeed, the majority of viewers would be hard-pressed to name her. Yet, the Omagh-born presenter provides an invaluable service to the 3,500 sign language users who…
Caroline Worthington and her husband Jamie are both deaf so they couldn’t follow instructions on the phone. A combined group of paramedics have told how they helped deliver a baby boy in a car at the side of the road this morning after his mother went into early labour. New mother Caroline Worthington and her…
Many children let down by system with patchy support and lack of specialised teachers When Genevieve was diagnosed profoundly deaf at the age of two, her mother was consumed with worry. “This was a new experience for me,” she says. “ I hadn’t had an experience with a deaf person in my life before. So…
Once regarded as the playwright who would succeed Sean O’Casey as the next shining light of the Abbey Theatre, Teresa Deevy emerged with gusto in the early 1930s, but just over a decade later had fallen into obscurity. With an extraordinary body of over 25 plays, it is timely that the Abbey is currently reviving…
People pretending to be members of the The Irish Deaf Society are now travelling around Co Kildare. It is understood that reports of ‘ fraudulent fundraisers’ in Straffan are being reported to The Irish Deaf Society. Speaking to KildareNow, Fundraising Manager, Jeanette Byrne, is advising people that the Irish Deaf Society never fundraises door to…