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Trinity College Dublin: This video gives a great overview of a how to help & support students who are deaf or hearing impaired studying at at Trinity College Dublin.

These Walls Can Talk is a landmark first for Irish television – an intimate portrayal of the Irish Deaf Community, told through their unique experience of St Joseph’s School for Deaf Boys in Cabra. This is an ISL (Irish Sign Language) programme. Link: http://www.rte.ie/player/gb/show/these-walls-can-talk-30003600/10477065/ Try international version if above doesn’t work: http://www.rte.ie/playerinternational/

Cabra Deaf Badminton Club is reopened now for the season 2015/16. New members are welcome to join. Training on a Monday night in Deaf Village Ireland, Cabra. Come along and try it out. Click on the link for more information – https://www.facebook.com/Cabra-Deaf-Badminton-Club-532176076831979

A cinema chain is to show weekly subtitled movies for the deaf and hard of hearing. The 22 Omniplex cinemas in Ireland will also provide sensory screenings for children with autism. A statement from the chain says they believe cinema should be accessible for all – and anyone with a disability should be able to…

Irish Deaf Society (IDS): The English translation for what Eddie Redmond (CEO) says in video is on our webpage – click here: www.irishdeafsociety.ie/news-events/press-release-bai/

Deaf Hear: Nearly three years ago IDS and DeafHear asked the Department of Social Protection to put some information on their website in ISL providing an overview of the Department, its role and services. The Department have recently done this, although their is much more to be done by the Department to make their information…

Filmed over nine months, The Sound Barrier follows a number of people who have made the decision to receive a cochlear implant and captures their individual remarkable journeys from silence to sound. The ability to hear is something that most people take for granted. While for some deafness is a cherished identity, for others it’s…

A young mother, who travelled to Italy for pioneering surgery on her deaf son’s hearing, said she will have to sell her house after the HSE pulled the plug on funding for the operation. Read the story at: www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/mother-selling-home-to-fund-sons-operation-after-hse-pulls-funding-340899.html

Meath Deaf Association MDA: This form is for CAVAN, DROGHEDA, MEATH & CASTLEBLANEY area (Monaghan) http://www.nedoc.ie/docs/Deaf_Text_Form.pdf